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speel
English
Alternative forms
- speil, spele, speal, spiel, spael
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Scots speill (“to climb”), of obscure origin. From or akin to Old Scots spelare (“acrobat, tumbler”). Probably from Middle Dutch spelen (“to play, walk a tight rope, do gymnastic tricks, juggle, perform as an actor or clown”), see spiel. Alternately, representing a continuation of Middle English spilen, from Old English spilian (“to play”).
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- (dialect, Scottish and Northern English) To climb.
- 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218,
- This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.
- 1841, Humorous Traits of an Old Highland Gentleman, Chambers? Edinburgh Journal, Volume 9, Numbers 317-318, page 94,
- They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a?.
- 1860, Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, page 255,
- There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.
- 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218,
Etymology 2
From English dialectal speel (“talk; lingo; patter”), short for bonspiel. Related to spiel.
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- To talk at length, to spiel.
- 1972, Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist, page 91,
- Old Saxon, who was so sweet and gentle despite his long years on the halls, smiled at me and suggested I should do some speeling. Yedo gave me a megaphone. I held it to my mouth but there was silence.
- 1973, Irene Baird, Waste Heritage, Macmillan of Canada, page 262,
- “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night. […] ”
- 1972, Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist, page 91,
Etymology 3
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- (dialect, Australia) To run.
Etymology 4
Probably from Afrikaans speel. Compare Middle English spel (“a story; tale; narrative”). Doublet of spell and shpiel.
Noun
speel (plural speels)
- (chiefly South Africa) A story; a spiel.
Etymology 5
Possibly related to spile.
Alternative forms
- spool (dialectal, obsolete)
Noun
speel (plural speels)
- (dialect) A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.
Etymology 6
Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spil?n. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”).
Verb
speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)
- (dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) To lake, play, sport, take amusement.
Derived terms
- spieler
- ba-spiel
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
- The English dialect dictionary
Etymology 7
From Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance, game”).
Noun
speel (plural speels)
- (dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) A game.
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Anagrams
- LEEPs, Leeps, Lepes, peels, sleep
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- speul (archaic)
Etymology
From Dutch spelen, from Middle Dutch sp?len, from Old Dutch *spilon, from Proto-West Germanic *spil?n.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp???l/
Verb
speel (present speel, present participle spelende, past participle gespeel)
- (transitive, intransitive) to play
Derived terms
- speler
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?l
Verb
speel
- first-person singular present indicative of spelen
- imperative of spelen
Anagrams
- sleep, slepe, spele
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seel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si?l/
- Homophone: seal
Etymology 1
From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *s?le (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English uns?le (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *s?liz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *s?l- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Swedish säll (“blissful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Gothic ???????????????? (s?ls, “good, kind, useful”), Latin s?lor (“to comfort, console”).
Adjective
seel (comparative more seel, superlative most seel)
- (obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.
Etymology 2
From Middle English sele, sel, from Old English s?l (“time, occasion, a fit time, season, opportunity, the definite time at which an event should take place, time as in bad or good times, circumstances, condition, position, happiness, joy, good fortune, good time, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *s?liz (“luck, joy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *s?l- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Icelandic sæla (“bliss”), Dutch zalig (“blissful, blessed”). More at silly.
Alternative forms
- seal
Noun
seel (plural seels)
- (Britain, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
- (Britain, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season.
Derived terms
- barley-seel
- hay-seel
Etymology 3
From Middle English silen, from Old French siller, ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”), from cil (“eyelid”), from Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”).
Verb
seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)
- (falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk.
- 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert
- Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind […]
Mounts, like seel'd doves, still higher […]
- Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind […]
- 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert
- (by extension) To blind.
Translations
Etymology 4
Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *s?gan (“to drop”). Compare Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), and English sile (transitive verb).
Verb
seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)
- (intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm.
- c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service
- when a Ship seels or rowls in foul Weather
- c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service
Noun
seel (plural seels)
- (obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sandys to this entry?)
Anagrams
- EELS, ELEs, Else, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, lees, lese, sele
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?l/
Adverb
seel
- Alternative form of šääl (“there”)
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 133
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 521
- Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????[2], ?ISBN, page 49
Old French
Alternative forms
- cel, saiel, seal, sel, sele
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum.
Noun
seel m (oblique plural seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative singular seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative plural seel)
- seal (means of authentication for a letter, etc.)
Descendants
- Middle French: sceau
- French: sceau
- ? Norman: sceau
- French: sceau
- ? Middle English: sel, sele, selle, cel, seal, seale, sealle, seil
- English: seal
- ? Sotho: sili
- ? Swahili: sili
- Scots: seal
- English: seal
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (seel, supplement)
- seel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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