Noun: sciell
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | sċiell |
| Plural | sċiella; sċielle |
Genitive
| Singular | sċielle |
| Plural | sċiella |
Dative
| Singular | sċielle |
| Plural | sċiellum |
Accusative
| Singular | sċielle |
| Plural | sċiella; sċielle |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 11:9 (Don't eat any fish except those that have fins and scales.)
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c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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Ǣlċes fisċes sċiell biþ tō ōðerre ġefēġedu, þæt þǣr ne mæġ nān ǣðm ūt betwēox. (Every scale on a fish is attached to another, so no air can get out between them.)
Nouns inflected like sciell
scypen,
sciell,
scunung,
scipfierd,
scipforþung,
scyll,
scell,
scill,
scofl,
scipfyrdung,
scipfyrd,
sciering,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
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