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- Selch n., v. dim. forms, esp. selkie , -y , seilkie , sejlki , silkie , -ey , saelkie , sylkie , shelky callowed twa bonnie selkie calves. Kcd. 1893 Stonehaven Journal (19 Jan.) 2: I'll mak a pair oot the covering of a selkie . . . . In old times there was an aversion to and superstitious dread of killing a selkie lest it should be a metamorphic Finn. Abd. 1912 Abd. Jnl. N. & Q. V. 23? Special combs.: (1) selkie folk , the seal people, an imaginary race inhabiting the sea, to outward , popularly thought to be the slaver of seals. See Loch-liver ; (4) selkie-wife , a mermaid (Sh. 1969). (1 “selkie folk”, because they had the power of assuming the human form. . . . Unlike the mermaid, the selkie folk were never represented as dwelling in “Finfolk-a-heem”. . . . The only home of the selkie folk was some far outlying skerry, or sea-surrounded rock. Indeed, my old informants regarded the selkie folk as', selkie, mare or bluidy puddin 'll vote for 'im. 3 . A fat clumsy person (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff
- Sheep n.2 SHEEP , n . 2 Cai. spelling of Eng. shape (Cai. 1909 D. Houston 'E Selkie Man 8). See
- Finn n. in Sc. Antiquary VII. 172: Unlike the mermaid, the selkie folk were never represented as dwelling in “Finfolk-a-heem” . . . The only home of the selkie folk was some far outlying skerry, or sea-surrounded rock. Indeed, my old informants regarded the selkie folk as a wholly different race of beings from
- Ali n.; also, a weakly being. Comb. alie selkie , a tame seal (Sh. a .1838 Jam. MSS . XII. 1). [ Cf
- Atfares n. pl.) 1880 Dennison Orcad. Sk. Bk. 49: Hid wus sae winderfu' tae see the atfares o' the mither selkie
- Shither n.2, kinsfolk (Cai. 1970). [′ʃɪðər] Cai. 1909 D. Houston 'E Selkie Man 5: 'E Strowma shither tried
- Bellygut n., adj. Robertson in Joy Hendry Chapman 52 72: 'Aa richt,' says the saicont ane, 'gin it's a selkie ye see
- Callow v.: I' a cunyo o' the geo, he saw a mither selkie lyan' i' a' the trouble o' her callowin'-pains
- Wald v., n.2, control. Obs. in Eng. since 15th c. Ork. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. iv . 173: A score o' selkie
- Loch-liver n. comb. coast areas to be the saliva or phlegm of the seal. See selkie's bubbles s.v. Selkie . The -lubbert
- Shuve v., n.. 1909 D. Houston 'E Selkie Man 7, Abd. 1929 J. Alexander Mains and Hilly 39), shivv (Abd. 1961 P
- Cunyie n. rock 'at lay atween him an' that geo; an' there, i' a cunyo o' the geo, he saw a mither selkie. Ork
- Bird n.1 peur mither selkie rowed hersel' ower the face o' de rock i'tae the sea; bit her twa birds hed no' wit
- Gluff n., v.. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl. (1 March): A stoitered on a selkie 'at wis sleepan on 'e beach in 'e dark
- Pap n.1: Sheu callowed twa bonnie selkie calves, that wur nee seuner on the rock or dey grippid for de pap
- Tang n.1 , tongie , n., (i) the small common inshore or brown seal, as opposed to the selkie or grey seal (Ork
- Wunner n., v., adv.. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 49: Hid was sae winderfu tae see the atfares o the mither selkie
- Ebb n., adj., v. Sketch-Bk. 56: The auld geudman o' Saennis wus wint tae set a selkie net doon i' the ebb. Arg
- Drive v., n., adv. : A'm no been dat far, only da lent o' Selkie seein if dey wir onything drivin. 5 . Phrs.: (1) to
- Trow n.1. 1995 Orcadian 9 Feb 4: Tales of trows, mermaids and selkie folk form part of a unique Orkney
- Marrow n.2, v.' the faither selkie lay i' the sea watchin' his marrow i' her trouble. Kcb. 1896 Crockett
- Scruif n., v. scruiff o' da water. Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 49: A muckle selkie rakin' his heed abeun
- Howe n., adj.1 Sketch-Bk. 50: The selkie mither gae a groan sae dismal an' how. Ags. 1887 Arbroath Guide (5
- Sea n. Dennison Sketch-Bk. 56: The sea trow's taen haud o' the selkie rop'. 86 . Ork. 1929 Marw
