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Old English · noun

sciell

Normalised sċiell

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ʃi͜yll/
[ʃi͜yɫ]
Syllables
ʃi͜yll (1 syllable)
Modern English
shellkeratinpiecesscale

Meaning

  1. shell

  2. scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)

    late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9

    Don't eat any fish except those that have fins and scales.

Declension

Declension of sciell
SingularPlural
Nominative sċiellsċiellasċielle
Accusative sċiellesċiellasċielle
Genitive sċiellesċiella
Dative sċiellesċiellum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Descendants

shell

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