"seel" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /siːl/ Forms: more seel [comparative], most seel [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Dutch zalig (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), Swedish säll (“blissful”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sel}} Middle English sel, {{m|enm|sele}} sele, {{inh|en|ang|*sǣle|t=good, fortunate, happy}} Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”), {{cog|ang|unsǣle|t=evil, wicked}} Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sēliz|t=good, happy}} Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sel-}} Proto-Indo-European *sel-, {{m|ine-pro|*sēl-|t=to calm, quiet, be favourable}} *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”), {{cog|da|sæl|t=blissful}} Danish sæl (“blissful”), {{cog|nl|zalig|t=blissful}} Dutch zalig (“blissful”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃|t=good, kind, useful}} Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), {{cog|is|sæll|t=blissful}} Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), {{cog|la|sōlor|t=to comfort, console}} Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), {{cog|sv|säll|t=blissful}} Swedish säll (“blissful”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} seel (comparative more seel, superlative most seel)
  1. (obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-seel-en-adj-SE0UhmbM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /siːl/ Forms: seels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sele}} Middle English sele, {{m|enm|sel}} sel, {{inh|en|ang|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}} 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”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sēliz||luck, joy}} Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“luck, joy”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sel-}} Proto-Indo-European *sel-, {{m|ine-pro|*sēl-||to calm, quiet, be favourable}} *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”), {{cog|is|sæla||bliss}} Icelandic sæla (“bliss”), {{cog|nl|zalig||blissful, blessed}} Dutch zalig (“blissful, blessed”), {{l|en|silly}} silly Head templates: {{en-noun}} seel (plural seels)
  1. (UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-seel-en-noun-g2fa4WbZ Categories (other): British English, English calculator words, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English calculator words: 3 45 18 8 8 5 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 31 27 6 9 1 23
  2. (UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-seel-en-noun-mhUITJvV Categories (other): British English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 31 27 6 9 1 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seal Derived forms: barley-seel, hay-seel
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /siːl/ Forms: seels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”). Compare Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), and English sile (transitive verb). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gmw-pro|*sīgan|t=to drop}} Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”), {{cog|nds|sielen||to lead off water}} Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), {{cog|fr|siller||to run ahead, to make headway}} French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), {{cog|en|sile}} English sile Head templates: {{en-noun}} seel (plural seels)
  1. (obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-seel-en-noun-ZvH1cL07
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb [English]

IPA: /siːl/ Forms: seels [present, singular, third-person], seeling [participle, present], seeled [participle, past], seeled [past]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English silen, from Old French siller, ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”), from cil (“eyelid”), from Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|silen}} Middle English silen, {{der|en|fro|siller}} Old French siller, {{m|fro|ciller|t=to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink}} ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”), {{m|fro|cil||eyelid}} cil (“eyelid”), {{der|en|la|cilium|t=eyelid, eyelash}} Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)
  1. (falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk. Categories (topical): Falconry Translations (To sew together the eyes of a young hawk): ciller (French), завя́зывать глаза́ (zavjázyvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-seel-en-verb-fRYBsWKR Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'To sew together the eyes of a young hawk': 100 0
  2. (by extension) To blind. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-seel-en-verb-kNzD1D1C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /siːl/ Forms: seels [present, singular, third-person], seeling [participle, present], seeled [participle, past], seeled [past]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”). Compare Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), and English sile (transitive verb). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gmw-pro|*sīgan|t=to drop}} Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”), {{cog|nds|sielen||to lead off water}} Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), {{cog|fr|siller||to run ahead, to make headway}} French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), {{cog|en|sile}} English sile Head templates: {{en-verb}} seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-seel-en-verb-F6BvZJCC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 24 23 6 11 2 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 31 27 6 9 1 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Adverb [Ingrian]

IPA: /ˈseːlːæ/ [Ala-Laukaa], [ˈs̠eːlʲː] [Ala-Laukaa], /ˈseːl/ [Soikkola], [ˈʃe̝ːl] [Soikkola]
Rhymes: -eːlː, -eːl Etymology: Superessive of se (“it”). Cognates include Finnish siellä and Estonian seal. Etymology templates: {{m|izh|se||it}} se (“it”), {{cog|fi|siellä}} Finnish siellä, {{cog|et|seal}} Estonian seal Head templates: {{head|izh|adverb}} seel
  1. (of location) there
    Sense id: en-seel-izh-adv-4kTxh~aW Categories (other): Ingrian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|VL.||*segellum}} Vulgar Latin *segellum, {{inh|fro|la|sigillum}} Latin sigillum Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} seel oblique singular, m (oblique plural seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative singular seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative plural seel) Forms: seel oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], seeaus [oblique, plural], seeax [oblique, plural], seiaus [oblique, plural], seiax [oblique, plural], seels [oblique, plural], seeaus [nominative, singular], seeax [nominative, singular], seiaus [nominative, singular], seiax [nominative, singular], seels [nominative, singular], seel [nominative, plural]
  1. seal (means of authentication for a letter, etc.)
    Sense id: en-seel-fro-noun--TdnIOxh Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cel, saiel, seal, sel, sele
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Old French]

Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *sitellus, masculinized counterpart to Latin sitella. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|VL.|*sitellus}} Vulgar Latin *sitellus, {{der|fro|la|sitella}} Latin sitella Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} seel oblique singular, m (oblique plural seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative singular seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative plural seel) Forms: seel oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], seeaus [oblique, plural], seeax [oblique, plural], seiaus [oblique, plural], seiax [oblique, plural], seels [oblique, plural], seeaus [nominative, singular], seeax [nominative, singular], seiaus [nominative, singular], seiax [nominative, singular], seels [nominative, singular], seel [nominative, plural]
  1. pail, bucket
    Sense id: en-seel-fro-noun-lHi0scx3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cel, saiel, seal, sel, sele
Etymology number: 2

Adverb [Votic]

IPA: /ˈseːl/ (note: Luutsa, Liivtšülä), [ˈseːl] (note: Luutsa, Liivtšülä)
Rhymes: -eːl Head templates: {{head|vot|adverb}} seel
  1. Alternative form of siäl Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: siäl
    Sense id: en-seel-vot-adv-vfuKies7 Categories (other): Votic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "t": "good, happy"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sel-",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*sēl-",
        "t": "to calm, quiet, be favourable"
      },
      "expansion": "*sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "sæl",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sæl (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zalig",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zalig (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃",
        "t": "good, kind, useful"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sæll",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sæll (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sōlor",
        "t": "to comfort, console"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "säll",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish säll (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "most seel",
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          "opportune"
        ],
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          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy."
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "barley-seel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hay-seel"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "luck, joy"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*sēl-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to calm, quiet, be favourable"
      },
      "expansion": "*sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sæla",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bliss"
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      "expansion": "Icelandic sæla (“bliss”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zalig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blissful, blessed"
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      "expansion": "Dutch zalig (“blissful, blessed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "silly"
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      "expansion": "silly",
      "name": "l"
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          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "3 45 18 8 8 5 13",
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          "name": "English calculator words",
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            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
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        "Good fortune; happiness; bliss."
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        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "bliss",
          "bliss"
        ]
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        "(UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss."
      ],
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        "dialectal"
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        {
          "text": "the seel of the day",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Opportunity; time; season."
      ],
      "id": "en-seel-en-noun-mhUITJvV",
      "links": [
        [
          "Opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "season",
          "season"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "silen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English silen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "siller"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French siller",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ciller",
        "t": "to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink"
      },
      "expansion": "ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "cil",
        "3": "",
        "4": "eyelid"
      },
      "expansion": "cil (“eyelid”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cilium",
        "t": "eyelid, eyelash"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English silen, from Old French siller, ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”), from cil (“eyelid”), from Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”).",
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    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Falconry",
          "orig": "en:Falconry",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1651, William Davenant, Gondibert",
          "text": "Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind[…]\nMounts, like seel'd doves, still higher[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
      ],
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        [
          "falconry",
          "falconry"
        ],
        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ],
        [
          "eyes",
          "eyes"
        ],
        [
          "hawk",
          "hawk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "falconry",
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk",
          "word": "ciller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavjázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk",
          "word": "завя́зывать глаза́"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To blind."
      ],
      "id": "en-seel-en-verb-kNzD1D1C",
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To blind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

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  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sīgan",
        "t": "to drop"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "sielen",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "4": "to run ahead, to make headway"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sile"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "seels",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seeling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 24 23 6 11 2 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 31 27 6 9 1 23",
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          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To roll on the waves in a storm."
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        [
          "roll",
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        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm."
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      "raw_tags": [
        "of a ship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sīgan",
        "t": "to drop"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "sielen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to lead off water"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
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        "4": "to run ahead, to make headway"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sile"
      },
      "expansion": "English sile",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (plural seels)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
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        "(obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "it"
      },
      "expansion": "se (“it”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "siellä"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish siellä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "seal"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian seal",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Superessive of se (“it”). Cognates include Finnish siellä and Estonian seal.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "izh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "seel",
      "name": "head"
    }
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    "seel"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "izh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ingrian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "there"
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        [
          "there",
          "there"
        ]
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        "(of location) there"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "of location"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːlːæ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠eːlʲː]",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːl/",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃe̝ːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eːlː"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eːl"
    }
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}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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            "bor": "1"
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "seal"
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          "expansion": "English: seal\n→ Punjabi: ਸੀਲ (sīl)\n→ Sotho: sili\n→ Swahili: sili",
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
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          "name": "desc"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*segellum"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sigillum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sigillum",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum.",
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    {
      "form": "seel oblique singular or",
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        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "seel",
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    }
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "seal (means of authentication for a letter, etc.)"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saiel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sitella"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "seel oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
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      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seel",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "seel oblique singular, m (oblique plural seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative singular seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative plural seel)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "pail, bucket"
      ],
      "id": "en-seel-fro-noun-lHi0scx3",
      "links": [
        [
          "pail",
          "pail"
        ],
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          "bucket",
          "bucket"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saiel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "seel",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "seel"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "vot",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "siäl"
        }
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Votic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of siäl"
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      "links": [
        [
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          "siäl#Votic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːl/",
      "note": "Luutsa, Liivtšülä"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈseːl]",
      "note": "Luutsa, Liivtšülä"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "English adjectives",
    "English calculator words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iːl",
    "Rhymes:English/iːl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sele"
      },
      "expansion": "sele",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*sǣle",
        "t": "good, fortunate, happy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "unsǣle",
        "t": "evil, wicked"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sēliz",
        "t": "good, happy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sel-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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        "t": "to calm, quiet, be favourable"
      },
      "expansion": "*sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "sæl",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sæl (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zalig",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zalig (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃",
        "t": "good, kind, useful"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sæll",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sæll (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sōlor",
        "t": "to comfort, console"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "säll",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish säll (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Dutch zalig (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), Swedish säll (“blissful”).",
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    {
      "form": "more seel",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most seel",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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        "Good; fortunate; opportune; happy."
      ],
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        [
          "Good",
          "good"
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        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
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          "opportune",
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        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
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        "(obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy."
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        "obsolete"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
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    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
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    "Rhymes:English/iːl/1 syllable"
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    {
      "word": "barley-seel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hay-seel"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sele"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sele",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sel"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "ang",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "to calm, quiet, be favourable"
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      "name": "m"
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        "1": "is",
        "2": "sæla",
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        "4": "bliss"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "zalig",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "silly"
      },
      "expansion": "silly",
      "name": "l"
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      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Good fortune; happiness; bliss."
      ],
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        [
          "Good",
          "good"
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        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
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          "bliss",
          "bliss"
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      ],
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        "(UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss."
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "the seel of the day",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Opportunity; time; season."
      ],
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        [
          "Opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "season",
          "season"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season."
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
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    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
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    {
      "word": "seal"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English verbs",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "siller"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ciller",
        "t": "to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "eyelid"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "t": "eyelid, eyelash"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English silen, from Old French siller, ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”), from cil (“eyelid”), from Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seeling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "seeled",
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    {
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        "past"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        {
          "ref": "1651, William Davenant, Gondibert",
          "text": "Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind[…]\nMounts, like seel'd doves, still higher[…]",
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        }
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        "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
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          "falconry"
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          "sew",
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        [
          "eyes",
          "eyes"
        ],
        [
          "hawk",
          "hawk"
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      ],
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        "(falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
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        "falconry",
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To blind."
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        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To blind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
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    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk",
      "word": "ciller"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zavjázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk",
      "word": "завя́зывать глаза́"
    }
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}

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to lead off water"
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    },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "seeling",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "seeled",
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          "ref": "c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service",
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    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
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    {
      "homophone": "seal"
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}

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        "The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
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      "homophone": "seal"
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        "there"
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        "(of location) there"
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        "of location"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːlːæ/",
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        "Ala-Laukaa"
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      "ipa": "[ˈs̠eːlʲː]",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːl/",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃe̝ːl]",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
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      "rhymes": "-eːlː"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eːl"
    }
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French masculine nouns",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "sceau"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: sceau\nFrench: sceau\n→ Norman: sceau",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: sceau\nFrench: sceau\n→ Norman: sceau"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "sel",
            "3": "sele",
            "4": "selle",
            "5": "cel",
            "6": "seal",
            "7": "seale",
            "8": "sealle",
            "9": "seil",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: sel, sele, selle, cel, seal, seale, sealle, seil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: sel, sele, selle, cel, seal, seale, sealle, seil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "seal"
          },
          "expansion": "English: seal\n→ Punjabi: ਸੀਲ (sīl)\n→ Sotho: sili\n→ Swahili: sili",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: seal\n→ Punjabi: ਸੀਲ (sīl)\n→ Sotho: sili\n→ Swahili: sili"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "seal"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: seal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: seal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*segellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *segellum",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sigillum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sigillum",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *segellum, from Latin sigillum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seel oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seel",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "seel oblique singular, m (oblique plural seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative singular seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative plural seel)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "seal (means of authentication for a letter, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cel"
    },
    {
      "word": "saiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "seal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French masculine nouns",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "seau"
          },
          "expansion": "French: seau",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: seau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*sitellus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *sitellus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sitella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sitella",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *sitellus, masculinized counterpart to Latin sitella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seel oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiaus",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seiax",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seel",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "seel oblique singular, m (oblique plural seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative singular seeaus or seeax or seiaus or seiax or seels, nominative plural seel)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pail, bucket"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pail",
          "pail"
        ],
        [
          "bucket",
          "bucket"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cel"
    },
    {
      "word": "saiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "seal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sele"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "seel",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "seel"
  ],
  "lang": "Votic",
  "lang_code": "vot",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "siäl"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Rhymes:Votic/eːl",
        "Rhymes:Votic/eːl/1 syllable",
        "Votic adverbs",
        "Votic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Votic lemmas",
        "Votic terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of siäl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "siäl",
          "siäl#Votic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈseːl/",
      "note": "Luutsa, Liivtšülä"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈseːl]",
      "note": "Luutsa, Liivtšülä"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

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