selch
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
selch (plural selchs)
Derived terms edit
- selkie (diminutive)
Further reading edit
- “selch” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.