skälle

From Old Frisian skela, from Proto-West Germanic *skulan. Cognates include West Frisian sille and German sollen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɛlə/
• Hyphenation: skäl‧le

skälle

1. (auxiliary, present tense) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with a grúundfoarme: to will

   Iek skäl et nooit dwo. ― I will never do that.

   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:

     Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.

     She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; for he shall set his people free from their sins.

2. (auxiliary, past tense) Used to form the conditional mood of a verb, together with a grúundfoarme: to would

   Iek skuul et dwo, wan iek et kude. ― I would do that if I could.

   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:

     Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;

     This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

3. (auxiliary) Used to indicate intent or obligation to perform an action in the future: to shall; should

   Skäl iek et dwo? ― Shall I do that?

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “skälle”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN