verb · intransitive · rare

skelly

skelly · skellies · skellied · skellying

To squintTo squint.

/ˈskɛli/

Meaning

2 senses

(Scotland)To squint.
(Scotland)To look at

Origin

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse *skjelga ("to squint"; found only in the reflexive skjelgask (“to come askew; squint the eyes”)), from Proto-Germanic *skilgijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Germanic *skelhaz, *skelhwaz, *skelgaz (“slanted; sloping; squinting”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Compare Danish skele (“to squint”), Swedish skela (“to squint”), Scots skellie, scalie, skellice (“to squint; look to the side”), German schielen (“to squint”).

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Forms

skellies, skellying, skellied, skellied

Base form	skelly · to skelly
3rd person singular	skellies
Present participle	skellying
Past simple	skellied
Past participle	skellied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	skelly
he, she, it	skellies

Past simpleLesson

all persons

skellied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have skellied
he, she, it	has skellied

Future simple (will)Lesson