Beil

Compare German Beule.

Beil f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) any large, roundish swelling on the body, e.g. a bump on the forehead or a bubo
2. (Erzgebirgisch) bump, dent (deformation on a surface, be it outward or inward)

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From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal (whence also Bavarian Beichl),^[1] attested (in the form witubil) since the 8th century, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”).^[2][3] Compare Dutch bijl.

Conflated early on with Proto-Germanic *bilją and its descendants (German Bille). (Kluge mentioned that, in his day, a relationship to Bicke / Middle High German bicke (“pickaxe”) — compare Old English becca (“pickaxe”) — could not be ruled out.)

• IPA^(key): /baɪ̯l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Beil n (strong, genitive Beiles or Beils, plural Beile, diminutive Beilchen n)

1. axe, hatchet

• Blattbeil
• Fallbeil
• Handbeil
• Kriegsbeil

• “Beil” in Duden online
• “Beil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Beil” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

• IPA^(key): /paɪ̯l/

Beil n (plural Beiler, diminutive Beilche)

1. hatchet, axe

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Compare German Beil, Dutch bijl.

Beil n (plural Beile)

1. hatchet