seel

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siːl/ Rhymes: -iːl Homophone: seal === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Dutch zalig (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), Swedish säll (“blissful”). ==== Adjective ==== seel (comparative more seel, superlative most seel) (obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English sele, sel, from Old English sǣl (“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 *sēliz (“luck, joy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Icelandic sæla (“bliss”), Dutch zalig (“blissful, blessed”). More at silly. ==== Alternative forms ==== seal ==== Noun ==== seel (plural seels) (UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss. (UK, 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 eyelids of a young hawk. (by extension) To blind. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“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. ==== Noun ==== seel (plural seels) (obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. === References === “seel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === slee, Slee, lese, lees, EELS, Lees, eels, Else, else, sele, ELEs, l'ees == Ingrian == === Etymology === Superessive of se (“it”). Cognates include Finnish siellä and Estonian seal. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈseːlːæ/, [ˈs̠eːlʲː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈseːl/, [ˈʃe̝ːl] Rhymes: -eːlː, -eːl Hyphenation: seel === Adverb === seel (of location) there === References === V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran 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. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[2], →ISBN, page 49 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== seel (Late Middle English) alternative form of sel (“happiness”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== seel (Late Middle English) alternative form of sel (“pinniped”) == Old French == === Alternative forms === cel, saiel, seal, sel, sele === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin sigillum. ==== Noun ==== seel oblique singular, 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sitellus. ==== Noun ==== seel oblique singular, 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) pail, bucket ===== Descendants ===== === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “seel”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. seel on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Votic == === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈseːl/, [ˈsʲeːl] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈseːl/, [ˈseːl] Rhymes: -eːl Hyphenation: seel === Adverb === seel alternative form of siäl === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “seel”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[3], 2nd edition, Tallinn