Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nainsell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nain-sell
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

""Gin ye hae your appetite wi' you we'll eat, Mr. Montagu, for I'm a wee thingie hungry my nainsell (myself)."
"Forsooth her nainsell lives by thift."

Etymology

From nain (from reanalysis of an own, mine own etc. as a nain, my nain) + sell, alternative form of self.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

nainsel (alternative)

Questions

What does nainsell mean?: self
Where does nainsell come from?: From nain (from reanalysis of an own, mine own etc. as a nain, my nain) + sell, alternative form of self.

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