skille

From Old Norse skilja, from Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to separate, limit”), cognate with Swedish skilja, English skill (partly from Old Norse).

• IPA^(key): /skelə/, [ˈsɡ̊elə]

skille (past tense skilte, past participle skilt)

1. (transitive) to separate (divide (a thing) into separate parts)
2. (intransitive) to separate, come apart (of a sauce or cloths)
3. (reflexive, intransitive) to separate, divide (to be divided in separate parts)
4. (passive voice, intransitive) to separate, get a divorce

• “skille” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse skilja.

skille n (definite singular skillet, indefinite plural skiller, definite plural skilla or skillene)

1. divide, division, partition, dividing line

• vannskille

skille (imperative skill, present tense skiller, simple past skilte, past participle skilt, present participle skillende)

1. to separate
2. to divide
3. (reflexive) to differ (fra / from)
4. to distinguish (mellom / between)

• skilje, skilja (Nynorsk)

• “skille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.