skel

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

• skeldparty

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

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

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

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

References

• “skel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

skeljar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

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

• gágguskel
• hørpuskel
• kræklingsskel
• kúpuskel
• langskel
• skelbein
• skeljabrot
• skeljasandur
• skeljamatur
• skeldýr
• smørskel
• øðuskel

 

Related terms

• lindýr
• kúfiskur
• skelfiskur
• høgguslokkur
• fiskur

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

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

• hnéskel
• lepja dauðann úr skel

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
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjell

References

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