seel

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
2. (UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season.

Adj

Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.

Verb

1. To sew together the eyelids of a young hawk.
2. (broadly) To blind.

Verb

To roll on the waves in a storm.

Sinonieme

bedazzle

blind

hoodwink

lurch

Vertalings

ciller

verblinden

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/siːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sele

Geërf van Old English: sǣl

Verwante met Yslands: sæla

Verwante met Nederlands: zalig

Geërf van Middle English: silen

In summary

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.