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ASKI reminds me of the ash tree.
BIL - I don't know about the Norse name and have no books. Förstemann (Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Personennamen) lists a stem BILI used mainly by the Saxons. They had names like BILI, BILO or BILIFRID etc. As a meaning he gives either lenitas (mildness), placititas (calmness) or he refers to Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch (II, 26):
BILL, aequitas (equality), ius (right), lex (law), a very old word, not found in Old High German any more exept in names like Pilidrut or Pilihelm.

There is more about this (and a reference to Old Nordic "bil" meaning "distance, interspace", as you say) and a goddess "Bil" in Grimms Deutsche Mythologie, so if you are intereseted, I could find out more.

• "Aski" (Scandanavian) and "Bil" (a Norse name , meaning interval/ interspace - apparently??) - "Bagpus"  Feb 28 2005, 4:35:36 AM
  • Re: "Aski" (Scandanavian) and "Bil" (a Norse name , meaning interval/ interspace - apparently??) - Caprice  Mar 1 2005, 11:16:07 AM
    • Bil is also the Danish word for "car". It's also the Norwegian word. nt - Charlie Blue  Mar 4 2005, 11:51:16 AM
      • Short for AutomoBIL? (nt) - Andy ;—)  Mar 4 2005, 1:24:22 PM
    • Re: Caprice - "Bagpus"  Mar 1 2005, 1:33:51 PM
      • Re: Caprice - Caprice  Mar 2 2005, 12:05:51 PM
  • Re: "Aski" (Scandanavian) and "Bil" (a Norse name , meaning interval/ interspace - apparently??) - Andy ;—)  Feb 28 2005, 5:06:24 AM
    • Re: Andy - "Bagpus"  Feb 28 2005, 7:59:33 AM
      • Re: Andy - Andy ;—)  Feb 28 2005, 8:04:02 AM
        • Re: Andy and more... - "Bagpus"  Mar 1 2005, 1:29:59 PM
          • Re: Andy and more... - Andy ;—)  Mar 1 2005, 8:58:46 PM