spell

(Engels)

Noun

1. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
2. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
3. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.

Verb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Verb

1. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
3. (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To clarify; to explain in detail.
5. (transitive) To indicate that (some event) will occur; typically followed by a single-word noun.
6. To constitute; to measure.
7. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
8. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Verb

1. (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
2. (transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
3. (colloquial, intransitive) To rest from work for a time.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/spɛl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spell

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spell

Verwant aan Duits: Spill

Verwant aan IJslands: spjall

Verwant aan Albanees: fjalë

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spellen

Verwant aan Frans: épeler

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spellian

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spelen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spelian

Verwant aan Middelengels: spale

Verwant aan Oudengels: spala

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spele

In summary

From Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“speech, account, tale”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to tell”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to speak, to sound”) with the s-mobile prefix. Cognate with dialectal German Spill, Icelandic spjall (“discussion, talk”), spjalla (“to discuss, to talk”), guðspjall (“gospel”) and Albanian fjalë (“word”).

Concepten

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🅰️

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Synoniemen

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🪄

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⌚

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✍️

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age

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bout

lifetime

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letter

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imply

import