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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English shelfe, probably [[bor|gml|schelf|t=shelf, set of shelves]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) related to Old English scylfe, partition, deck of a ship, and scylf, crag, pinnacle,^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from Proto-Germanic *skelf-, possibly from a root meaning to split.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Merriam-Webster derives it from Old English scylfe directly.^(MWU 2024)
+ It is [[inh|enm|shelfe]], probably [[bor|gml|schelf|t=shelf, set of shelves]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) related to [[ang|scylfe]], partition, deck of a ship, and [[m|ang|scylf]], crag, pinnacle,^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[gem-pro|*skelf-]], possibly from a root meaning to split.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Merriam-Webster derives it from [[ang|scylfe]] directly.^(MWU 2024)
==Earliest recorded meaning==