svill

From Old Norse syll. Akin to English sill.

• IPA^(key): /sʋɪlː/

svill m (definite singular svillen, indefinite plural svillar, definite plural svillane)
svill f (definite singular svilla, indefinite plural sviller, definite plural svillene)

1. sleeper, railroad tie (A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.)
2. sill, groundsill (A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame.)

• sville

• “svill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.