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# goal, target
# goal, target
#:''Een leerer werþen was mijn grøteste '''til'''.''
#: ''Een leerer werþen was mijn grøteste '''til'''.''
#:: ''Becoming a teacher was my biggest '''goal'''.''
#:: ''Becoming a teacher was my biggest '''goal'''.''


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# til, until
# til, until
#:''Ji mootet '''til''' ðe daniske targe drijven.''
#: ''Ji mootet '''til''' ðe daniske targe drijven.''
#:: ''You must drive '''until''' the Danish border.''
#:: ''You must drive '''until''' the Danish border.''
# to, towards ''(the direction or goal of a movement or action)''
# to, towards ''(the direction or goal of a movement or action)''
#:''Hise beaghting was '''til''' Odward gerightet.''
#: ''Hise beaghting was '''til''' Odward gerightet.''
#:: ''His attention was directed '''towards''' Odward.''
#:: ''His attention was directed '''towards''' Odward.''



Latest revision as of 20:31, 7 May 2026

Hakdor

Pronunciation

Adjective

til

  1. thin

Antonyms

Qasunattuuji

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *delh₁

Verb

til

  1. (transitive) to defeat

Skundavisk

Etymology 1

From Middle Skundavisk til, from Old Skundavisk til, from Halmisk ᛏᛁᛚ (til), ᛏᛁᛚᛖ (tile), from Proto-Germanic *tilą.

Pronunciation

Noun

til n. (class 3c, genitive tils, plural tile)

  1. goal, target
    Een leerer werþen was mijn grøteste til.
    Becoming a teacher was my biggest goal.

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Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Skundavisk til, from Old Skundavisk til, from Old Norse til, from the same Proto-Germanic root as Etymology 1. The proposition usage arose around the Old Skundavisk time due to Old Norse influence, and was reinforced by the later Danish influence of the 16th century.

Pronunciation

Preposition

til

  1. til, until
    Ji mootet til ðe daniske targe drijven.
    You must drive until the Danish border.
  2. to, towards (the direction or goal of a movement or action)
    Hise beaghting was til Odward gerightet.
    His attention was directed towards Odward.

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Scots Norse

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tilą. The meaning of "too" is under English influence, despite having existed in Old Norse, it is unrelated.

Preposition

til

  1. to, towards (with genitive)
  2. (under English influence) too
    mèl til mìchil
    to speak too much

Usage notes

For the infinitive "to", see to and tu

Inflection

Inflection of til
1st 2nd 3rd
singular tilg tilth tilhaᶰ
plural tilvt tiltt tiltì

ᶰ: triggers eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of til
radical lenition eclipsis
til thil dil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scots Norse.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.