abild

From Danish abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”). Doublet of apal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbɪl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Hyphenation: ab‧ild

abild m (definite singular abilden, indefinite plural abilder, definite plural abildene)

1. (poetic, obsolete) an apple tree (any tree that bears apples, principally Malus domestica but also certain wild species)
   • 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker IV, page 15:

     den vilde abild

     the wild apple tree

   • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte I, page 41:

     løvtunge abild

     leaf-heavy apple tree

   Synonyms: epletre, apal, abildtre, apaltre

• Abildsø (“a neighbourhood in Oslo, Norway”)

• “abild” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abild” in Store norske leksikon

• Abild, bilda, dibla