"skelf" meaning in Scots

See skelf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: skelfs [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle Dutch schelf (“a scale, flake or splinter of wood”). Etymology templates: {{unc|sco}} Uncertain, {{bor|sco|dum|schelf|t=a scale, flake or splinter of wood}} Middle Dutch schelf (“a scale, flake or splinter of wood”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|skelfs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} skelf (plural skelfs), {{sco-noun}} skelf (plural skelfs)
  1. A splinter or sliver of wood. Synonyms: spail
    Sense id: en-skelf-sco-noun--j5JnS3X
  2. A thin or diminutive person.
    Sense id: en-skelf-sco-noun-jC1uktoT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: skelfs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English schelfe and Old Norse skjalf, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skelfō. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|schelfe}} Middle English schelfe, {{der|sco|non|skjalf}} Old Norse skjalf, {{der|sco|gem-pro|*skelfō}} Proto-Germanic *skelfō Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|skelfs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} skelf (plural skelfs), {{sco-noun}} skelf (plural skelfs)
  1. Shelf.
    Sense id: en-skelf-sco-noun-xdZjm3-8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schelf, shelf, skelff, scelf, skelfe, skellff, skalf, skalff, scalve
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: skelfs [present, singular, third-person], skelfin [participle, present], skelft [past], skelft [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English schelfe and Old Norse skjalf, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skelfō. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|schelfe}} Middle English schelfe, {{der|sco|non|skjalf}} Old Norse skjalf, {{der|sco|gem-pro|*skelfō}} Proto-Germanic *skelfō Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|skelfs|present participle|skelfin|simple past|skelft|past participle|skelft|head=}} skelf (third-person singular simple present skelfs, present participle skelfin, simple past skelft, past participle skelft), {{sco-verb}} skelf (third-person singular simple present skelfs, present participle skelfin, simple past skelft, past participle skelft)
  1. To lay or set (a person or thing) up, as on a high shelf; to elevate in importance.
    Sense id: en-skelf-sco-verb-YICAYKEJ Categories (other): Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 2 1 5 43 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 17 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: schelf, shelf, skelff, scelf, skelfe, skellff, skalf, skalff, scalve
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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