mistel

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch mistel, from Old Dutch *mistil, from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.təl/ === Noun === mistel m (plural mistels, diminutive misteltje n) (archaic) synonym of maretak (“mistletoe, Viscum album”) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === mistell, mystil, mystill, mystyl === Etymology === Inherited from Old English mistel, from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmistəl/ === Noun === mistel (uncountable) (rare) mistletoe (Viscum album) Synonym: mistelto ==== Related terms ==== mistelto ==== Descendants ==== English: mistle Scots: misle === References === “mistel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mistil, from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmis.tel/ === Noun === mistel m mistletoe ==== Usage notes ==== This term is used to gloss Latin ōcimum, conventionally translated as 'basil', so it was traditionally thought to bear that meaning too. However, Latin ōcimum does not necessarily mean "basil". making this identification groundless, especially since basil is quite dissimilar to mistletoe. ==== Derived terms ==== ācmistel mistellām misteltān ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: mistel, mistell, mystil, mystill, mystylEnglish: mistleScots: misle === Further reading === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “mistel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse mistilteinn === Noun === mistel c mistletoe ==== Declension ==== === References === “mistel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “mistel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “mistel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)