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- Old English · learned borrowing fromþyle
- English todaythyle
Learned borrowing from Old English þyle; compare Old Norse þulr.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A member of an early medieval Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon court whose exact function is now unclear, but appears to roughly have been that of an authority on the fields of history and legend, especially their recital and interpretation. Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Old English þyle; compare Old Norse þulr.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.