scyle

S1C3Y4L1E1

verb

To hide; to secrete; to conceal.

OriginOld English sċylian →
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Meanings

verbscyle (third-person singular simple present scyles, present participle scyling, simple past and past participle scyled)

present singular third person scyles · participle present scyling · participle past scyled · past scyled

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo hide; to secrete; to conceal.

    The hackee looked soyned and tried to scyle. I belabored him and he cleped, making vigorous oppugnation, and evidently longing for divagation.

    1894, St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls

Origin

  1. Old Englishsċylian
  2. Englishscyle

Apparently a learned borrowing from Old English sċylian, sċilian (“to separate; part; remove”). Cognate with Icelandic skilja (“to separate; split; divide”). The inherited Middle English forms of these verbs were Middle English schillen and skillen respectively. More at skill.

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APA

scyle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyle

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“scyle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scyle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyle.

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