different between eild vs sild

English

Etymology

See eld.

Noun

eild (uncountable)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Age.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso:
     • Book III, xxxv:

     His age was full of puissance and might, / Two sons he had to guard his noble eild.

     • Book IV, xliv:

     Mine uncle govern'd in my tender eild.

Anagrams

• Diel, IDLE, Idle, deli, diel, idle, lied

Scots

Alternative forms

• eld, eel, dever, eil, eill, ield

Etymology

From Early Scots ?eild, from Old English ?elde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?l/, /?j?ld/, /?jil/, /?jild/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /?ild/

Adjective

eild (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Barren or no longer producing milk (of a female mammal, especially a domestic animal).

Noun

eild (plural eilds)

1. (archaic) An animal which is barren or no longer producing milk.
2. (archaic) Cattle specifically raised for slaughter.

English

Etymology

From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ld/

Noun

sild (countable and uncountable, plural silds)

1. Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.

Anagrams

• IDLs, lids, slid

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse síld, síl, from Proto-Germanic *s?l?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sil?]

Noun

sild c (singular definite silden, plural indefinite sild)

1. herring
2. (slang) a young, attractive woman

Declension

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta, earlier *tilta, from a Baltic language (cf. Latvian tilts, Lithuanian tiltas). Cognates include Finnish silta, Ingrian silta, silda, Livonian s?lda, Livvi sildu, Ludian šild, Veps süud, sild, Võro sild, Votic silta and Northern Sami šaldi (the latter is derived from Proto-Finnic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sild?/
• Rhymes: -ild
• Hyphenation: sild

Noun

sild (genitive silla, partitive silda)

1. bridge
   1. A construction spanning across a waterway, road, etc. allowing the flow of traffic.

   2. A spiritual connection.

      Synonym: ühenduslüli

   3. (nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a ship from which it is navigated.

      Synonyms: kaptenisild, komandosild

   4. (dentistry) A non-movable denture replacing one or several adjacent teeth supported by natural teeth

      Synonym: sildprotees

   5. (gymnastics, dance, wrestling) bridge position, backbend
2. jetty, wharf, dock, pier
   1. A temporary structure for mooring.

      Synonyms: maabumissild, randumissild, sadamasild

3. axle, axletree
   1. A bar or beam of a motor vehicle connecting the opposite wheels, on which the frame rests.

      Synonyms: veosild, veotelg

4. pons
   1. (neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata.

      Synonym: ajusild

Declension

Synonyms

• (spiritual connection): ühenduslüli
• (platform above the upper deck): kaptenisild, komandosild
• (denture): sildprotees
• (jetty, wharf, dock, pier): maabumissild, randumissild, sadamasild
• (axle, axletree): veosild, veotelg
• (pons): ajusild

Derived terms

Compounds

References

• sild” in Sõnaveeb

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?lt/

Noun

sild f (genitive singular sildar, plural sildir)

1. herring (Clupea harengus)

Declension

Derived terms

• sildaveiða
• sildaflak
• sildagrunnur
• sildastovnur
• fjarðarsild
• havsild

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta.

Noun

sild

1. bridge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sild, síld

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s?l?]

Noun

sild m or f (definite singular silda or silden, indefinite plural sild or silder, definite singular sildene)

1. (fish) herring

Derived terms

• sildemåke

References

• “sild” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sild and síld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ld/, /s?l?/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

sild f (definite singular silda, indefinite plural sildar or silder, definite plural sildane or sildene)

1. herring; Clupea harengus

Derived terms

• sildefiske
• sildemåke
• sildesalat

References

• “sild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cilta.

Noun

sild

1. bridge