Etymology

shail

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Today it means: To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling. Full definition →

Old English sceolh
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsceolh“askew, awry, oblique, slanted”
  2. English todayshail

Possibly from Old English sceolh (“askew, awry, oblique, slanted”).

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