selch
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Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]selch (plural selchs)
Derived terms
[edit]- selkie (diminutive)
Further reading
[edit]- “selch” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.