sculle

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === scolle schulle, scholle === Etymology === Origin uncertain. Likely from Old Norse *skulli, a variant of skalli (“bald head, skull”). Compare dialectal Swedish skulle (“skull”). Compare also Old Norse skoltr (“browridge”), Norwegian skolt (“skull, pate”). === Noun === sculle (plural sculles) skull ==== Descendants ==== English: skull Scots: scull, skult, skolt (forms with -t merger with or from Old Norse skoltr) == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃul.le/, [ˈʃuɫ.ɫe] === Verb === sċulle second-person singular preterite indicative of sċiellan