- sceol
- adj squinting, oblique, awry [Ger scheel];
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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isosceles — adjective Etymology: Late Latin isosceles having two equal sides, from Greek isoskelēs, from is + skelos leg; perhaps akin to Old English sceol wry Date: 1551 1. of a triangle having two equal sides see triangle illustration 2. of a trapezoid… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sheal — Recorded as Sheal, Sheals, Shiel, Shiell, Sheel, Sheele, Sheeles, Sheeld, Shield, and others, this an Anglo Scottish surname. It is locational from the places in England known as North and South Shields. The former is in the county of… … Surnames reference
Shiell — Recorded as Sheal, Sheals, Shiel, Shiell, Sheel, Sheele, Sheeles, Sheeld, Shield, and others, this an Anglo Scottish surname. It is locational from the places in England known as North and South Shields. The former is in the county of… … Surnames reference
Sheals — This name is of English locational origin from north or south Shields the former in Northumberland and the latter in Durham. The name in both cases derives from the Medieval English schele itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century sceol … Surnames reference
Shiel — This name is of English locational origin from north or south Shields the former in Northumberland and the latter in Durham. The name in both cases derives from the Medieval English schele itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century sceol … Surnames reference
Shields — This name is of English locational origin from north or south Shields the former in Northumberland and the latter in Durham. The name in both cases derives from the Medieval English schele itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century sceol … Surnames reference
Sheilds — This is an English surname. Recorded in various spellings including Shield, Sheild, and the patronymics Sheilds and Shields this interesting name has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be an Anglo Saxon metonymic occupational name for… … Surnames reference
bescýlan — wv/t1b to look askance [sceol] … Old to modern English dictionary
skelha- — *skelha , *skelhaz, *skelhwa , *skelhwaz, *skelga , *skelgaz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. scheel, schief, schielend; ne. squint eyed, sloping; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., mnl., mnd., ahd.; Etymologie: s. ing … Germanisches Wörterbuch
sheyle — ˈshā(ə)l intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: akin to Middle High German schilhen to wink, squint, Old English sceol wry, squinting more at cylinder chiefly Scotland : to look cross eyed : squint … Useful english dictionary
