skälle

From Old Frisian skela, from Proto-West Germanic *skulan. Cognates include West Frisian sille and German sollen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɛlə/
• Hyphenation: skäl‧le

skälle

1. (auxiliary, present tense) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with a grúundfoarme: to will
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:

     Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.

     She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; for he shall set his people free from their sins.

   Iek skäl et nooit dwo. ― I will never do that.

2. (auxiliary, past tense) Used to form the conditional mood of a verb, together with a grúundfoarme: to would
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:

     Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;

     This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

   Iek skuul et dwo, wan iek et kude. ― I would do that if I could.

3. (auxiliary) Used to indicate intent or obligation to perform an action in the future: to shall; should

   Skäl iek et dwo? ― Shall I do that?

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “skälle”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN