seel

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
2. Opportunity; time; season.

Adj

Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.

Verb

1. To sew together the eyes of a young hawk.
2. To blind.

Verb

To roll on the waves in a storm.

Sinonieme

bedazzle

blind

hoodwink

lurch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/siːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.