skel

skel (plural skels)

1. Alternative form of skell.

• elks, Kels, Elks, Selk, Lesk, leks, lesk

From Dutch schelden, from Middle Dutch schelden, from Old Dutch skeldan, from Proto-Germanic *skeldaną.

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skel (present skel, present participle skellende, past participle geskel)

1. to use insults, to swear, to hurl abuse

• skeldparty

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).

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

skel n (singular definite skellet, plural indefinite skel)

1. boundary, dividing line (between two houses)
2. barrier (e.g. between classes)
3. distinction

• “skel” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, plural skeljar)

1. shell (The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. )

• lindýr
• kúfiskur
• skelfiskur
• høgguslokkur

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

• IPA^(key): /scɛːl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːl

skel f (genitive singular skeljar, nominative plural skeljar)

1. shell, husk

• hnéskel
• lepja dauðann úr skel

• schale (Mooring)

From Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

skel

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) must, shall, should, ought to
2. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) shall, will (future tense auxiliary verb)

• The verbs skel and wel have the same conjugation. On Föhr and Amrum, these are among the five highly irregular verbs along with kem, wed, wees. The Sylt conjugation is also irregular, but less markedly so.

From Proto-Germanic *skaljō, whence also English shell.

skel f (genitive skeljar, plural skeljar)

1. shell

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skel”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive