Middle Hick Lexicon — Maritime Terms

Entries in the Maritime Terms semantic field.

hafel /ha.fel/

ocean (noun) [Maritime Terms, Water Features, Borrowings]

Old Iutlandish *haf

Ocean term borrowed during maritime contact; final consonant repaired with -el.

hafelskel /ha.fel.skel/

ocean-going ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Maritime Terms]

imal /i.mal/

ocean, outer sea (noun) [Water Features, Maritime Terms]

Contracted Middle Hick form of western Early Hick imtelmal 'without-end-pool'. Folk etymology increasingly associated the form with im 'evil, abstract negativity'.

imalel /i.ma.lel/

ocean as active force; storm surge, tidal surge (noun) [Water Features, Weather Terms, Maritime Terms]

Poetic agentive form used when the ocean is described as an acting or destructive force.

imales /i.ma.les/

the ocean, ocean as expanse (noun) [Water Features, Maritime Terms]

Poetic or fossilizing absolutive/theme form used for the ocean as an expanse or named place.

selholm /sel.holm/

seal island (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Maritime Terms]

Iutlandish *sel-holm

Northeastern place-name element meaning seal island.

serand /se.rand/

beach, strand (noun) [Maritime Terms, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]

Old Iutlandish *strand

Beach term with onset simplification and vowel repair.

skipvik /skip.vik/

ship bay (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Maritime Terms]

Iutlandish *skip-vik

Northeastern place-name element meaning ship bay.