"seel" meaning in English

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Adjective

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”), Swedish säll (“blissful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”). 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|sv|säll|t=blissful}} Swedish säll (“blissful”), {{cog|is|sæll|t=blissful}} Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃|t=good, kind, useful}} Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), {{cog|la|sōlor|t=to comfort, console}} Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”) 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

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
  2. (UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-seel-en-noun-mhUITJvV Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: seal Derived forms: barley-seel, hay-seel
Etymology number: 2

Noun

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

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

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, of a ship
    Sense id: en-seel-en-verb-F6BvZJCC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "text": "the seel of the day",
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          "time",
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          "season",
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        "(UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season."
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seal"
    }
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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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        "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
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        [
          "sew",
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          "hawk",
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        "(falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
      ],
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        "falconry",
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      ],
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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"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To blind."
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          "blind"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) To blind."
      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
    }
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "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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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service",
          "text": "when a Ship seels or rowls in foul Weather",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To roll on the waves in a storm."
      ],
      "id": "en-seel-en-verb-F6BvZJCC",
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        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "obsolete",
        "of a ship"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
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    {
      "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": "",
        "4": "to lead off water"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German sielen (“to lead off water”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "siller",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to run ahead, to make headway"
      },
      "expansion": "French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sile"
      },
      "expansion": "English sile",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (plural seels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
      ],
      "id": "en-seel-en-noun-ZvH1cL07",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "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",
        "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": "sv",
        "2": "säll",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish säll (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "sæll",
        "t": "blissful"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sæll (“blissful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃",
        "t": "good, kind, useful"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sōlor",
        "t": "to comfort, console"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”)",
      "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”), Swedish säll (“blissful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more seel",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most seel",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (comparative more seel, superlative most seel)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Good; fortunate; opportune; happy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "opportune",
          "opportune"
        ],
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "barley-seel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hay-seel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sele"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sele",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sel"
      },
      "expansion": "sel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sǣl",
        "4": "",
        "5": "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"
      },
      "expansion": "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”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sēliz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "luck, joy"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“luck, joy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sel-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sel-",
      "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"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic sæla (“bliss”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zalig",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blissful, blessed"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zalig (“blissful, blessed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "silly"
      },
      "expansion": "silly",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (plural seels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Good fortune; happiness; bliss."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "bliss",
          "bliss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the seel of the day",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Opportunity; time; season."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "season",
          "season"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Falconry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1651, William Davenant, Gondibert",
          "text": "Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind[…]\nMounts, like seel'd doves, still higher[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sew together the eyes of a young hawk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To blind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To blind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "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": "",
        "4": "to lead off water"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German sielen (“to lead off water”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "siller",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to run ahead, to make headway"
      },
      "expansion": "French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sile"
      },
      "expansion": "English sile",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service",
          "text": "when a Ship seels or rowls in foul Weather",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To roll on the waves in a storm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roll",
          "roll"
        ],
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete",
        "of a ship"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

{
  "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": "",
        "4": "to lead off water"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German sielen (“to lead off water”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "siller",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to run ahead, to make headway"
      },
      "expansion": "French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sile"
      },
      "expansion": "English sile",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "seel (plural seels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seel"
}

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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.