scheel.
cross-eyed, squinting
Meaning & usage
cross-eyed, squinting
crooked, bent, not straight
with an envious or jealous look
severe
sour, tart
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).
a parting of the hair
a hairstyle of the hair
a plait of hair
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schedel (“parting”), from scheiden (“to part, divide, split”).
a difference
a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schelen. Cognates include Old English scilian (“secrete”), Old Norse skila (“decide”).
a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place
Where this word comes from
Alternative form of scheil. See scheiden (“to separate”).
a skull; a death's-head
a mound's crest or crown
Where this word comes from
Contracted form of schedel.
a lid, cover
an eyelid, cover
a measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'
Where this word comes from
Contracted form of schedel.
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