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scill

  • adjective
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scill, adj.
Sonorous, sounding:?-Scyl wæs hearpe,
    Exon. Th. 353, 44; Reim. 27.
Etymology
[Cf. Heo song so lude and so scharpe Riht so me grulde schille harpe, O. and N. 142. With a shil vois, Parten. 1997. Schylle and sharpe acutus, sonorus. Schylly and scharply acute, aspere, sonore, Prompt. Parv. 446. Cf. O. H. Ger. scall sonus, sonitus; scella tintin*-*nabulum: Icel. skillr a loud splash; skella a rattle.]
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