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Middle Hick Lexicon — Nautical Terms

Entries in the Nautical Terms semantic field.

arem /a.rem/: arm, oar (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *arm; Maritime borrowing with vowel repair.

hafelskel /ha.fel.skel/: ocean-going ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Maritime Terms]

kener /ke.ner/: skilled sailor (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *koennaer; Maritime occupational borrowing.

materok /ma.te.rok/: boatman, vessel-handler (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations, Inherited Terms]; Inherited -ok agentive form retained in early Middle Hick.

melskel /mel.skel/: beached vessel (noun) [Nautical Terms, Landscape Terms]

skel /skel/: ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *skip; Nautical borrowing with final consonant repair.

skeler /ske.ler/: shipwright (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations]; Late Middle Hick maritime/trade variant using Iutlandish-influenced -er.

skelok /ske.lok/: shipwright (noun) [Nautical Terms, Occupations]; Native -ok agentive variant alongside skeler.

skelward /skel.ward/: shipping lane (noun) [Nautical Terms, Path Terms]

stalskel /stal.skel/: iron-reinforced vessel (noun) [Nautical Terms, Metal Terms]

stel /stel/: stern (noun) [Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *staefn; Nautical borrowing.

stelward /stel.ward/: wake of a ship (noun) [Nautical Terms, Path Terms]

ward /ward/: path, direction (noun) [Path Terms, Nautical Terms, Borrowings]; Old Iutlandish *ward; Borrowed term with /w/ preserved in Middle Hick loans.