selkie-wife

Scots

Alternative forms

selkie wife

Etymology

selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) +‎ wife (“woman; wife”)

Noun

selkie-wife (plural selkie-wifes)

a female selkie; mermaid

Synonyms

(male selkie): silkie man

Further reading

“Selch” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh

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