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scheel.

cross-eyed, squinting

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/sxeːl/
  1. cross-eyed, squinting

  2. crooked, bent, not straight

  3. with an envious or jealous look

  4. severe

  5. sour, tart

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch scelu, scele, from Old Dutch *skelo, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh, from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to lean, bend; joint”). Cognates include German scheel, Old English sceolh, Old Norse skjalgr, Latin scelus (“crime”) and Ancient Greek σκολιός (skoliós), σκαληνός (skalēnós).

noun/sxeːl/
  1. a parting of the hair

    masculine · obsolete
  2. a hairstyle of the hair

    masculine · obsolete
  3. a plait of hair

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”).

noun/sxeːl/
  1. a difference

    masculine · obsolete
  2. a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”).

noun/sxeːl/
  1. a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”).

noun/sxeːl/
  1. a skull; a death's-head

    masculine
  2. a mound's crest or crown

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Contracted form of schedel.

noun/sxeːl/
  1. a lid, cover

    neuter
  2. an eyelid, cover

    neuter
  3. a measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Contracted form of schedel.

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