See sewel on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kewH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sheueles",
"t": "scarecrow"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sheueles (“scarecrow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "schawles, scheules, shaules, sheules, shewelys, shueles",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*scīewels"
},
"expansion": "Old English *scīewels",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*skiuhijan",
"t": "to dread; to avoid, shun"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skeuhaz",
"t": "frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*skewbʰ-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "masculine"
},
"expansion": "masculine",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "shy"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of shy",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "asheuelen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English asheuelen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "schūwelse"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German schūwelse",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "schiusel"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German schiusel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Scheusal",
"t": "beast; monster"
},
"expansion": "German Scheusal (“beast; monster”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "sciuhen"
},
"expansion": "Old High German sciuhen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "schiuhen"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German schiuhen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "scheuen",
"t": "to scare"
},
"expansion": "German scheuen (“to scare”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Early Middle English sheueles (“scarecrow”) [and other forms]; probably from Old English *scīewels, from sċīen (“to be frightened or startled; to recoil in fear”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, *skūbʰ- (“to drive, move forward, push”) or *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to hide”)) + -els (suffix forming masculine nouns). Doublet of shy.\ncognates\n* Middle English asheuelen, asheulen (verb)\n* Middle Low German schūwelse\n* Middle High German schiusel, schusel (modern German Scheusal (“beast; monster”))\n* Old High German sciuhen (Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, German scheuen (“to scare”))",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sewels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sewel (plural sewels)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cervids",
"orig": "en:Cervids",
"parents": [
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Mammals",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1768, John Cartwright, Remarks on the Situation of the Aborigines of Newfoundland …:",
"text": "Their sewels are made by tying a tassel of birch rind , formed like the wing of a paper kite , to the small end of a slight stick , about six feet in length. These sticks are pricked into the ground about ten or a dozen yards apart",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place."
],
"id": "en-sewel-en-noun-SDcenCGF",
"links": [
[
"scarecrow",
"scarecrow#Noun"
],
[
"made",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"feathers",
"feather#Noun"
],
[
"tied",
"tie#Verb"
],
[
"string",
"string#Noun"
],
[
"hung",
"hang#Verb"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"deer",
"deer"
],
[
"breaking into",
"break in"
],
[
"place",
"place#Noun"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "shewel"
}
]
}
],
"word": "sewel"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "séwel",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "chl",
"2": "noun",
"head": "séwel"
},
"expansion": "séwel",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Cahuilla",
"lang_code": "chl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cahuilla entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "chl",
"name": "Amaranths and goosefoots",
"orig": "chl:Amaranths and goosefoots",
"parents": [
"Caryophyllales order plants",
"Plants",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bush which can be used as soap. Probably Atriplex polycarpa"
],
"id": "en-sewel-chl-noun-CQboDHHe",
"links": [
[
"bush",
"bush"
]
]
}
],
"word": "sewel"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "séwel",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "chl",
"2": "noun",
"head": "séwel"
},
"expansion": "séwel",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Cahuilla",
"lang_code": "chl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cahuilla entries with incorrect language header",
"Cahuilla lemmas",
"Cahuilla nouns",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"chl:Amaranths and goosefoots"
],
"glosses": [
"A bush which can be used as soap. Probably Atriplex polycarpa"
],
"links": [
[
"bush",
"bush"
]
]
}
],
"word": "sewel"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kewH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sheueles",
"t": "scarecrow"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sheueles (“scarecrow”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "schawles, scheules, shaules, sheules, shewelys, shueles",
"otherforms": "1"
},
"expansion": "[and other forms]",
"name": "nb..."
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*scīewels"
},
"expansion": "Old English *scīewels",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*skiuhijan",
"t": "to dread; to avoid, shun"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skeuhaz",
"t": "frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*skewbʰ-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "suffix"
},
"expansion": "suffix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "masculine"
},
"expansion": "masculine",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "noun",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "shy"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of shy",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "asheuelen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English asheuelen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "schūwelse"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German schūwelse",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "schiusel"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German schiusel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Scheusal",
"t": "beast; monster"
},
"expansion": "German Scheusal (“beast; monster”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "sciuhen"
},
"expansion": "Old High German sciuhen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "schiuhen"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German schiuhen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "scheuen",
"t": "to scare"
},
"expansion": "German scheuen (“to scare”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Early Middle English sheueles (“scarecrow”) [and other forms]; probably from Old English *scīewels, from sċīen (“to be frightened or startled; to recoil in fear”) (from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened; bashful, coy, shy, timid; cautious, reserved”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, *skūbʰ- (“to drive, move forward, push”) or *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to hide”)) + -els (suffix forming masculine nouns). Doublet of shy.\ncognates\n* Middle English asheuelen, asheulen (verb)\n* Middle Low German schūwelse\n* Middle High German schiusel, schusel (modern German Scheusal (“beast; monster”))\n* Old High German sciuhen (Middle High German schiuhen, schiuwen, German scheuen (“to scare”))",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sewels",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sewel (plural sewels)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"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 derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Cervids"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1768, John Cartwright, Remarks on the Situation of the Aborigines of Newfoundland …:",
"text": "Their sewels are made by tying a tassel of birch rind , formed like the wing of a paper kite , to the small end of a slight stick , about six feet in length. These sticks are pricked into the ground about ten or a dozen yards apart",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place."
],
"links": [
[
"scarecrow",
"scarecrow#Noun"
],
[
"made",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"feathers",
"feather#Noun"
],
[
"tied",
"tie#Verb"
],
[
"string",
"string#Noun"
],
[
"hung",
"hang#Verb"
],
[
"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"deer",
"deer"
],
[
"breaking into",
"break in"
],
[
"place",
"place#Noun"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "shewel"
}
],
"word": "sewel"
}
Download raw JSONL data for sewel meaning in All languages combined (5.2kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.