Shiel

Shiel
Shiel Shiel, n. A sheeling. [Scot.] --Burns. [1913 Webster]

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  • Shiel — (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Shiel est un nom de famille et un nom de lieu. Patronyme Graham Shiel (1970 ), joueur de rugby écossais Matthew Phipps Shiel alias Felipe I… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shiel — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: George K. Shiel (1825–1893), US amerikanischer Politiker M. P. Shiel (1865–1947), britischer Schriftsteller Der Name Shiel bezeichnet außerdem: Loch Shiel, einen See in Schottland Siehe auch: Shiels …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • shiel — shiel; shiel·ing; …   English syllables

  • Shiel — This name is of English locational origin from north or south Shields the former in Northumberland and the latter in Durham. The name in both cases derives from the Medieval English schele itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century sceol …   Surnames reference

  • shiel|ing — «SHEE lihng», noun. Scottish. 1. a shiel. 2. a piece of pasture: »... sone…she and her colleagues may have chanted on the lone shieling (Punch). Also, shealing, sheiling …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shiel (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Shiel est un nom de famille et un nom de lieu. Patronyme Graham Shiel (1970 ), joueur de rugby à XV écossais Matthew Phipps Shiel alias Felipe I (1880… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Shiel, M[atthew] P[hipps] —    (1865–1947)    British weird writer. HPL discovered Shiel in 1923, when W.Paul Cook lent him The Pale Ape and Other Pulses (1911), containing “The House of Sounds” (originally published as “Vaila” in Shapes in the Fire [1896]), which HPL… …   An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • Shiel, Loch — ▪ lake, Scotland, United Kingdom       narrow lake, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. About 17 miles (28 km) long, it extends ribbonlike from Glenfinnan southwestward and drains into the 3 mile (5 km ) long River Shiel, which empties into… …   Universalium

  • shiel — noun Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) schele; probably akin to Old Frisian skiāle stable, Old Norse skjōl shelter Date: 13th century chiefly Scottish shieling …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shiel — /sheel/, n. Scot. shieling. [1250 1300; ME schele; cf. ON skali hut, shed; akin to OE scyr hut, OHG scur, ON skurr penthouse] * * * …   Universalium

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