skel

skel (plural skels)

1. Alternative form of skell

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

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

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

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

• skeldparty

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).

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

skel n (singular definite skellet, plural indefinite skel)

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

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

• “skel” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, plural skeljar)

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

• lindýr
• kúfiskur
• skelfiskur
• høgguslokkur
• fiskur

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

• IPA^(key): /scɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, nominative plural skeljar)

1. shell, husk

• hnéskel
• lepja dauðann úr skel

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

skel f (genitive skeljar, plural skeljar)

1. shell

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