Etymology

unseel

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Today it means: To unstitch the seeled eyes of a hawk. Full definition →

Middle English unsele ← Old English unsǣle ← Proto-Germanic *unsēliz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*unsēliz
  2. Old English · inherited fromunsǣle
  3. Middle English · inherited fromunsele
  4. English todayunseel

From Middle English unsele, from Old English unsǣle, from Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, from *un- + *sēliz, equivalent to un- + seel.

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