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Old English · noun

sceacel

Normalised sċeacel

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈʃæ͜ɑ.kel/
Syllables
ˈʃæ͜ɑ · kel (2 syllables)
Modern English
shackle

Meaning

  1. shackle

Declension

Declension of sceacel
SingularPlural
Nominative sċeacelsċeacelas
Accusative sċeacelsċeacelas
Genitive sċeacelessċeacela
Dative sċeacelesċeacelum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skakul, from Proto-Germanic *skakulaz (“shackle”)

Descendants

shackle

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