schääl

Central Franconian

/ʃɛːl/

adjective
Definitions
  • having a crooked or limited view: cross-eyed, one-eyed, or squinting.
  • (figurative) not right; false; crooked
  • (figurative) referring to the other bank of the Rhine (most often the eastern bank, but sometimes the western if the speaker lives on the eastern one)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German schel.

Origin

Middle High German

schel

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