An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bille

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bille
Friedrich Kluge2506272An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bille1891John Francis Davis

Bille, f., ‘hatchet,’ from MidHG. bil (gen. billes), ‘pickaxe,’ OHG. bill; AS. bill, ‘sword,’ E. bill (‘sword, chopper,’ also ‘axe’); not cognate with Beil.