shiel

American  

[sheel] / ʃil /

noun

Scot.

1. shieling.

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Etymology

Origin of shiel

1250–1300; Middle English schele; compare Old Norse skāli hut, shed; akin to Old English scȳr hut, Old High German scūr, Old Norse skūrr penthouse

Example Sentences

The simmer shiel I 'll build for thee Alang the bonnie banks o' Dee, Half circlin' roun' my father's ha', Amang the braes o' Gallowa'.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

Of the first, shiel and shieling are common forms; the second is dialectal; E.D.D. gives shealing as the husk of seeds.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

The cottage or shiel of the Glassalt had just been built for the Queen, and offered accommodation in its dainty little dining- room and drawing-room for her to rest and refresh herself.

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Tytler, Sarah

“I’ll shiel a’ your sheep i’ the mornin’ sune,57 I’ll berry your crap by the licht o’ the moon,  An’ ba the bairns wi’ an unkenn’d tune, If ye’ll keep puir Aiken-drum.

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

The development of O. N. skiól into shiel in Scotland and England may be explained in this way, as skiól > shul in Norway.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias