skel

English

Noun

skel (plural skels)

1. Alternative form of skell

Anagrams

• elks, Kels, Elks, Selk, Lesk, leks, lesk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schelden, from Middle Dutch schelden, from Old Dutch skeldan, from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

skel (present skel, present participle skellende, past participle geskel)

1. to use insults, to swear, to hurl abuse

Derived terms

• skeldparty

Danish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /skɛlˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊ɛlˀ]
• Homophones: skæl, skæld

Noun

skel n (singular definite skellet, plural indefinite skel)

1. boundary, dividing line (between two houses)
2. barrier (e.g. between classes)
3. distinction

Declension

Declension of skel

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skel	skellet	skel	skellene
genitive	skels	skellets	skels	skellenes

Derived terms

• klasseskel
• markskel
• raceskel
• skelne (verb)
• skelsten
• skelsættende
• vandskel

References

• “skel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

skeljar

Etymology

From Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, plural skeljar)

1. shell (The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. )

Declension

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

• gágguskel
• hørpuskel
• kræklingsskel
• kúpuskel
• langskel
• skelbein
• skeldýr
• skeljabrot
• skeljamatur
• skeljasandur
• smørskel
• øðuskel

See also

• lindýr
• kúfiskur
• skelfiskur
• høgguslokkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skel, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

Noun

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, nominative plural skeljar)

1. shell, husk

Declension

Declension of skel (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

Derived terms

• hnéskel
• lepja dauðann úr skel

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• schale (Mooring)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Verb

skel

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) must, shall, should, ought to
2. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) shall, will (future tense auxiliary verb)

Usage notes

• The verbs skel and wel have the same conjugation. On Föhr and Amrum, these are among the five highly irregular verbs along with kem, wed, wees. The Sylt conjugation is also irregular, but less markedly so.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skel (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	skel
infinitive II	(tu) skelen
past participle	skulen
imperative singular	—
imperative plural	—
	present	past
1st singular	skal	skul
2nd singular	skääl	skulst
3rd singular	skal	skul
plural	skel	skul
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa skulen	hed skulen
2nd singular	heest skulen	hedst skulen
3rd singular	hee skulen	hed skulen
plural	haa skulen	hed skulen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal skel	wal skel
2nd singular	skääl skel	wääl skel
3rd singular	skal skel	wal skel
plural	skel skel	wel skel

Conjugation of skel (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	skel
infinitive II	(tö) skelen
past participle	skul
imperative	—
	present	past
1st singular	skel	skul
2nd singular	sket	skut
3rd singular	skel	skul
plural / dual	skel	skul
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa skul	her skul
2nd singular	heest skul	herst skul
3rd singular	heer skul	her skul
plural / dual	haa skul	her skul
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel skel	wel skel
2nd singular	sket skel	wet skel
3rd singular	skel skel	wel skel
plural / dual	skel skel	wel skel

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaljō, whence also English shell.

Noun

skel f (genitive skeljar, plural skeljar)

1. shell

Declension

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

• Icelandic: skel
• Faroese: skel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjel
• Danish: skæl n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjell

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skel”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive