sciell
Old English
Alternative forms
- sċiel, sċyll, sċyl, sċill, sċil, sċell, sċel
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi͜yll/, [ʃi͜yɫ]
Noun
sċiell f
- shell
- scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9
- Ne etaþ ġē nānne fisċ būtan þā þe habbaþ finnas and sċiella.
- Don't eat any fish except ones that have fins and scales.
- c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Ǣlċes fisċes sċiell biþ tō ōðerre ġefēġedu, þæt þǣr ne mæġ nān ǣðm ūt betwēox.
- Every scale on a fish is attached to another, so no air can get out between them.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9
Declension
Declension of sciell (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sċiell | sċiella, sċielle |
accusative | sċielle | sċiella, sċielle |
genitive | sċielle | sċiella |
dative | sċielle | sċiellum |
Synonyms
- (shell): sċealu
Derived terms
- ǣġsċiell (“eggshell”)
- hnutsċiell (“nutshell”)
- sǣsċiell (“seashell”)
- sċielfisċ (“shellfish”)
- sċielliht (“scaly”)
Descendants
- Middle English: schelle
- English: shell
- Scots: schel, schell