selkien.

Brit.

/ˈsɛlki/, U.S.

/ˈsɛlki/

Forms: 1500s selchie, 1700s– selkie, 1800s selky, selchy, sealkie, sealchie, saelkie, silkey, 1800s– silkie, silky.

Etymology: diminutive form of sealgh seal n.¹ N.E.D. (1911) enters this under the double headword sealchie, -kie and gives the pronunciations (sī·lχi, sī·lki) /ˈsiːlxɪ/, /ˈsiːlkɪ/.

Orkney and Shetland.

= seal n.¹ Also, in folklore, a creature or spirit having the appearance of a seal; spec. one able to assume human form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting water > silkie

selkie1852

a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 72 Ane Ile callit Ellan Askerin,..gude for fishing and slauchter of selchis.

1744 T. Preston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 61 There are many Otters, which they call Tikes; and Seals, which they call Selkies.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 6 Our kinswoman has got a pretty seal too—Here, sealchie, my man.

1852 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1 88 I am a man, upo' the lan' An' I am a Silkie in the sea.

1856 E. Edmondston Sketches & Tales Shetland Islands vii. 80 The seal..retired to the neighbourhood..where a mermaid had her abode. The latter..asked if she could help him. Selkie imagined she might, but only by regaining for him..the covering of which he had been so ruthlessly bereft.

1888 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda 90 Gibbie is no a sealkie, nae mair is Gibbie a cal-loo.

1899 J. Spence Shetland Folk-lore 24 In old times there was an aversion to and superstitious dread of killing a selkie lest it should be a metamorphic Finn.

1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity 28 He has heard the silkies singing at dawn on farther islets than St. Kilda.

1976 K. M. Briggs Dict. Fairies 354 In Orkney..the great seal, the grey seal, the crested seal and others, are called ‘the selkie folk’ because it is believed that their natural form is human, that they live in an underwater world..and put on seal-skins and the appearance of seals to enable them to pass through the waters from one region of air to another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	selkie
释义	selkien. Brit. /ˈsɛlki/, U.S. /ˈsɛlki/ Forms: 1500s selchie, 1700s– selkie, 1800s selky, selchy, sealkie, sealchie, saelkie, silkey, 1800s– silkie, silky. Etymology: diminutive form of sealgh seal n.¹ N.E.D. (1911) enters this under the double headword sealchie, -kie and gives the pronunciations (sī·lχi, sī·lki) /ˈsiːlxɪ/, /ˈsiːlkɪ/. Orkney and Shetland. = seal n.¹ Also, in folklore, a creature or spirit having the appearance of a seal; spec. one able to assume human form. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting water > silkie selkie1852 a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 72 Ane Ile callit Ellan Askerin,..gude for fishing and slauchter of selchis. 1744 T. Preston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 61 There are many Otters, which they call Tikes; and Seals, which they call Selkies. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. i. 6 Our kinswoman has got a pretty seal too—Here, sealchie, my man. 1852 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 1 88 I am a man, upo' the lan' An' I am a Silkie in the sea. 1856 E. Edmondston Sketches & Tales Shetland Islands vii. 80 The seal..retired to the neighbourhood..where a mermaid had her abode. The latter..asked if she could help him. Selkie imagined she might, but only by regaining for him..the covering of which he had been so ruthlessly bereft. 1888 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda 90 Gibbie is no a sealkie, nae mair is Gibbie a cal-loo. 1899 J. Spence Shetland Folk-lore 24 In old times there was an aversion to and superstitious dread of killing a selkie lest it should be a metamorphic Finn. 1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity 28 He has heard the silkies singing at dawn on farther islets than St. Kilda. 1976 K. M. Briggs Dict. Fairies 354 In Orkney..the great seal, the grey seal, the crested seal and others, are called ‘the selkie folk’ because it is believed that their natural form is human, that they live in an underwater world..and put on seal-skins and the appearance of seals to enable them to pass through the waters from one region of air to another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1690
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