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Definition of Selkies
1. selkie [n] - See also: selkie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selkies
Literary usage of Selkies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"Seals, or selkies, which in Shetland are an alias for the " Norway Finns" (whom
I identify with the Teutonic Fionn race), George Thomas only knew in their ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"Seals, or selkies, which in Shetland are an alias for the " Norway Finns" (whom
I identify with the Teutonic Fionn race), George Thomas only knew in their ..."
3. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by Tudor J. R., John Horne, William Irvine Fortescue, Peter White, Benjamin Nieve Peach (1883)
"... the North Ronaldsay folk have long been known as " selkies." They are also
sometimes called " Hides," from their wearing ..."
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