selkie-wife
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) + wife (“woman; wife”)
Noun
selkie-wife (plural selkie-wifes)
Further reading
- “Selch” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh
selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) + wife (“woman; wife”)
selkie-wife (plural selkie-wifes)