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nainsel

nainsel is the alternative form of nainsell.

Meaning of nainsell

Noun

nainsell

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) self
    • "Gin ye hae your appetite wi' you we'll eat, Mr. Montagu, for I'm a wee thingie hungry my nainsell (myself).1902, William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of Raasay

Questions about nainsel

What is nainsel the alternative form of?
Nainsel is the alternative form of nainsell.

Words near nainsel in the dictionary

  1. Naina
  2. Naing
  3. Naings
  4. Nainital
  5. nains
  6. nainsel
  7. nainsell
  8. nainsook
  9. nainsooks
  10. Naintré
  11. naio

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