scheel

Meaning

Adj

1. cross-eyed, squinting
2. crooked, bent, not straight
3. with an envious or jealous look
4. severe
5. (uncommon) sour, tart

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of schelen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of schelen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of schelen:

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of schelen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of schelen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of schelen:

Noun

1. (masculine, obsolete) a difference
2. (masculine, obsolete) a dispute, difference of opinion, conflict

Noun

1. (masculine) a skull; a death's-head
2. (masculine) a mound's crest or crown

Noun

1. (neuter) a lid, cover
2. (neuter) an eyelid, cover
3. (neuter) a measure of volume, a quarter of a 'mud', equivalent to a 'schepel'

Noun

1. (masculine, obsolete) a parting of the hair
2. (masculine, obsolete) a hairstyle of the hair
3. (masculine, obsolete) a plait of hair

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of schelen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of schelen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of schelen:

Noun

a mesentery, membrane which keeps an intestine in place

schelen

1. to ail (cause to suffer)
2. to make a difference

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Concepts

cross-eyed

squint-eyed

crosseyed

squint

swivel-eyed

skew-eyed

Synonyms

scheef

schuin

loens

Translations

schielend

strabico

ojituerto

estrábico

bizco

şaşı

estrábico

vesgo

louchon

bizca

guerxo

strabique

loucheur

tuerta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sxeːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: scelu

Inherited from Old Dutch: *skelo

Cognate with German: scheel

Cognate with Old English: sceolh

Cognate with Old Norse: skjalgr

Cognate with Latin: scelus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: σκολιός

Inherited from Middle Dutch: schelen

Cognate with Old English: scilian

Cognate with Old Norse: skila

Inherited from Middle Dutch: schedel

In summary

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).