skel
English edit
Noun edit
skel (plural skels)
- Alternative form of skell
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch schelden, from Middle Dutch schelden, from Old Dutch skeldan, from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną.
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Verb edit
skel (present skel, present participle skellende, past participle geskel)
Derived terms edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish skial, sk(i)æl, from Old Norse *skjal n, from Proto-Germanic *skilą (“division”), cognate with Norwegian skjell, Swedish skäl. Related to *skiljaną (see skille).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /skɛlˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊ɛlˀ]
- Homophones: skæl, skæld
Noun edit
skel n (singular definite skellet, plural indefinite skel)
- boundary, dividing line (between two houses)
- barrier (e.g. between classes)
- distinction
Declension edit
Declension of skel
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “skel” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skel f (genitive singular skeljar, plural skeljar)
- shell (The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. )
Declension edit
f8 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skel | skelin | skeljar | skeljarnar |
Accusative | skel | skelina | skeljar | skeljarnar |
Dative | skel | skelini | skeljum | skeljunum |
Genitive | skeljar | skeljarinnar | skelja | skeljanna |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skel f (genitive singular skeljar, nominative plural skeljar)
Declension edit
declension of skel
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skel | skelin | skeljar | skeljarnar |
accusative | skel | skelina | skeljar | skeljarnar |
dative | skel | skelinni | skeljum | skeljunum |
genitive | skeljar | skeljarinnar | skelja | skeljanna |
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *skaljō, whence also English shell.
Noun edit
skel f (genitive skeljar, plural skeljar)
Declension edit
Declension of skel (strong jō-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skel | skelin | skeljar | skeljarnar |
accusative | skel | skelina | skeljar | skeljarnar |
dative | skel | skelinni | skeljum | skeljunum |
genitive | skeljar | skeljarinnar | skelja | skeljanna |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “skel”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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