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発音

• IPA: /se͜olx/, [se͜oɫx]
• 韻: -e͜olx

名詞

seolh m (nominative plural sēolas)

1. seal (animal)
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Swylċe ēac þēos eorþe is berende missenlīcra fugela ⁊ sǣwihta ⁊ hēr bēoþ oft fanġene seolas ⁊ hronas and mereswȳn; ⁊ hēr bēoþ oft numene missenlīcra cynna weolcsċylle ⁊ muscule, ⁊ on þām oft ġemette þā betstan meregrotan ǣlces hīwes.

     This land also bears various birds and sea creatures, and seals, porpoises, and dolphins are often caught here; and various kinds of mussels and shellfish are often taken, and in them the best pearls of every color are often found.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• seolhbæþ (“ocean”)
• Sēolesīeg (“Selsey”)

派生した語

• Middle English: sel, ceel, cele, seel, seele, sele, zele, seyle, seylle (Northern), selch, selche, selcht, selghe (Early Scots)
  • English: seal (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: selch
    • Scots: selch, silch, sulch
  • Yola: sel