seel

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

bedazzle

blind

hoodwink

lurch

Translations

ciller

verblinden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sele

Inherited from Old English: sǣl

Cognate with Icelandic: sæla

Cognate with Dutch: zalig

Inherited from 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.