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Old English

Alternative forms

sċiel, sċyll, sċyl, sċill, sċil, sċell, sċel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃi͜yll/,

Noun

sċiell f

shell
scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9
  Ne etaþ ġē nānne fisċ būtan þā þe habbaþ finnas and sċiella.
  Don't eat any fish except those that have fins and scales.
- c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
  Ǣlċes fisċes sċiell biþ tō ōðerre ġefēġedu, þæt þǣr ne mæġ nān ǣðm ūt betwēox.
  Every scale on a fish is attached to another, so no air can get out between them.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċiell	sċiella, sċielle
accusative	sċielle	sċiella, sċielle
genitive	sċielle	sċiella
dative	sċielle	sċiellum

Synonyms

(shell): sċealu

Derived terms

ǣġsċiell (“eggshell”)
hnutsċiell (“nutshell”)
sǣsċiell (“seashell”)
sċielfisċ (“shellfish”)
sċielliht (“scaly”)

Descendants

Middle English: schelle
- English: shell
- Scots: schel, schell

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