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feal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fele, fæle (“proper, of the right sort”), from Old English f?le (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”), from Proto-Germanic *failijaz (“true, friendly, familiar, good”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”). Cognate with Scots feel, feelie (“cosy, neat, clean, comfortable”), West Frisian feilich (“safe”), Dutch veil (“for-sale”), Dutch veilig (“safe”), German feil (“for-sale”), Latin p?us (“good, dutiful, faithful, devout, pious”).
Alternative forms
- feil, feel, feele, fiel
Adjective
feal (comparative fealer or more feal, superlative fealest or most feal)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) (of persons) Comfortable; cosy; safe.
- 1822, Allan Cunningham, "Death of the Laird Of Warlsworm", in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, v. 2, p. 330:
- […] when I care na to accompany ye to the kirkyard hole mysel, and take my word for't, ye'Il lie saftest and fealest on the Buittle side of the kirk; […]
- 1822, Allan Cunningham, "Death of the Laird Of Warlsworm", in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, v. 2, p. 330:
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Smooth; soft; downy; velvety.
Derived terms
- fealy, feely
Adverb
feal (comparative fealer or more feal, superlative fealest or most feal)
- In a feal manner.
Etymology 2
From Middle English felen, from Old Norse fela (“to hide”), from Proto-Germanic *felhan? (“to conceal, hide, bury, trust, intrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *pele(w)-, *pl?(w)- (“to hide”). Cognate with Old High German felahan (“to pass, trust, sow”), Old English f?olan (“to cleave, enter, penetrate”).
Verb
feal (third-person singular simple present feals, present participle fealing, simple past and past participle fealed)
- (transitive, dialectal) To hide.
Etymology 3
From Middle English felen (“to come at (one's enemies), advance”), from Old English f?olan (“to cleave, enter, penetrate”), from Proto-Germanic *felhan?.
Verb
feal (third-person singular simple present feals, present participle fealing, simple past fale or fealed, past participle folen or fealed)
- (obsolete) To press on, advance.
- 1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle
- Durst none of them further feal.
- 1338, Robert Mannyng, Mannyng's Chronicle
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
Etymology 4
Inherited from an unattested Middle English word, borrowed from Old French feal, collateral form of feeil, from Latin fidelis.
Adjective
feal (comparative fealer or more feal, superlative fealest or most feal)
- (archaic) faithful, loyal
Derived terms
- fealty
Etymology 5
Unknown; see fail.
Noun
feal (plural feals)
- Alternative form of fail (“piece of turf cut from grassland”)
Anagrams
- Lafe, Leaf, alef, flea, leaf
Galician
Alternative forms
- fial
Etymology
From feo (“hay”) +? -al, suffix which forms place names. From Latin f?num (“hay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?al/
Noun
feal m (plural feais)
- hayfield
References
- “feal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “feal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “feal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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seal
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?l, IPA(key): /si?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
- Homophones: SEAL, ceil
Etymology 1
From Middle English sele, from an inflectional form of Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Dutch seel, z?le, Old High German selah, Danish sæl, Middle Low German sale), either from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare dialectal English sullow (“plough”)) or from early Proto-Finnic *šülkeš (later *hülgeh, compare dialectal Finnish hylki, standard hylje, Estonian hüljes).
Noun
seal (plural seals)
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
- (heraldry) A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:pinniped
Derived terms
Related terms
- vent
Descendants
- ? Sotho: sili
- ? Swahili: sili
Translations
Verb
seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)
- (intransitive) To hunt seals.
Translations
See also
- clapmatch
- dolphin
- sea lion
- selkie
- walrus
Further reading
- Pinniped on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English sele, from Anglo-Norman sëel, from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum (“sign”)
Doublet of sigil and sigillum.
Noun
seal (plural seals)
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 11:
- She [Nature] carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby
- Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 11:
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- (figuratively) Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- A chakra. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Scottish Gaelic: seula
Translations
Verb
seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)
- (transitive) To place a seal on (a document).
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- (transitive) To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- (transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- Synonyms: block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off
- (transitive) To close securely to prevent leakage.
- (transitive) To place in a sealed container.
- Synonym: enclose
- (transitive, chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- (transitive) To guarantee.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
- To close by means of a seal.
- (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- stamp
Further reading
- Seal (device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
From Middle English *selen (suggested by Middle English sele (“harness; hame”)), perhaps from Old English s?lan (“to bind”).
Verb
seal (third-person singular simple present seals, present participle sealing, simple past and past participle sealed)
- (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
Anagrams
- ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, Sale, Salé, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, sela
Estonian
Pronoun
seal
- there
Etymology
Demonstrative pronoun from pronoun see ("this", "it"). "Seal" is an adessive form of Uralic root *sikä. Compare to Finnish siellä ("siel" in spoken language)
Noun
seal
- adessive case of siga.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sel, from Proto-Celtic *swelo- (“turn”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??al?/
Noun
seal m (genitive singular seala, nominative plural sealanna)
- a turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others)
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “seal” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “seal” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 625.
- "seal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian s?l, from Proto-West Germanic *sadul.
Noun
seal n (plural sealen, diminutive sealtsje)
- saddle
Further reading
- “seal (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian *sele, from Proto-West Germanic *sali.
Noun
seal c or n (plural sealen, diminutive sealtsje)
- hall
Further reading
- “seal (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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