skel

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English

Noun

skel (plural skels)

  1. Alternative form of skell

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

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

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

References

Faroese

skeljar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, nominative plural skeljar)

  1. shell, husk

Declension

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

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

References

  • “skel”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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