scalle

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === skalle skall (Late Middle English, Herefordshire); scall (Northern); sca, scaw (Early Scots) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse skalli, from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). Compare Old Norse *skolð. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskal(ə)/ === Noun === scalle (plural scalles or (West Midland) scallen) A scalp infection involving flaking and hair loss (probably tinea capitis) A blister or rash resulting from this infection. (rare) An outbreak of freckles. (rare) A skin infection (of humans or sheep). ==== Descendants ==== English: scall; scald Middle Scots: skall, skau Scots: scaw, sca, ska ==== References ==== “scal(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “scal(l, sca(w, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “skalli”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 482, column 1. Norri, Juhani, compiler (2016), “scall”, in Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary in English, 1375–1550, part I & II, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 956, column 2.