selkie
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”).
Noun
editselkie (plural selkies)
Translations
editmythological creature
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editScots
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editEtymology
editNoun
editselkie (plural selkies)
- diminutive of selch (“common seal, grey seal”)
Derived terms
edit- selkie-wife (“female selkie, mermaid”, literally “female seal”)
- selkie folk (“selkie”, literally “seal people”)
- silkie man (“male selkie”, literally “male seal”)
Descendants
edit- → English: selkie
References
edit- “selkie” under “selch, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 12 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- Thos. Edmondston, F.R.S.L., F.A.S.L. (1866) “selkie”, in An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 99
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