selch

Middle English

Noun

selch

  1. (Early Scots) alternative form of sel (“pinniped”)

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots selch, from Early Scots selch, from Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlx/

Noun

selch (plural selchs)

  1. grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
  2. common seal (Phoca vitulina)

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