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seil.

sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat’s mast)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɛi̯l/[sæɪ̯l]
  1. sail (piece of fabric attached to a boat’s mast)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Danish seil, older spelling of sejl, from Old Norse segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

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