skalli

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse skalli (“a bald head; skull”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skaljō (“shell, husk”). === Noun === skalli m (genitive singular skalla, nominative plural skallar) baldness Synonyms: sköllóttur, hárleysi baldhead, baldy 2 Kings 2:23-24 (English and Icelandic) a bald spot Synonym: skallablettur (soccer) a header, the act of hitting the ball with the head a crown, the top of the head Synonym: hvirfill ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “skull”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === illska == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). Related to Old Norse skoltr (“brow”), skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), Swedish skult (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Norwegian Nynorsk skult, skolt (“cranium, head (of a hammer); crag; hub”); possibly related to Latin celsus (“lofty, high, tall”), collis (“hill”). Compare Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”), and Scots skult, skolt. Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”) Also related to Old Norse skǫllóttr, Icelandic sköllóttur, Old Swedish skallotter, Swedish skallig, Danish skaldet, Norwegian skalla, skallet (“bald”). === Noun === skalli m skull, cranium bald head ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== skoltr skǫllóttr ==== Descendants ==== Faroese: skalli Icelandic: skalli Middle Norwegian: *skalle, *skalli Norwegian Bokmål: skalle Norwegian Nynorsk: skalle; (dialectal) skalli Old Danish: *skalle Danish: skal, skalle, skalde (“bald head, skull”) Old Swedish: skalle Swedish: skalle, skulle → Middle English: sculle, scolle, schulle, scholle English: skull → Scots: scull →? Middle English: scalle, skalle, skall, scall (compare Old Norse *skolð) English: scall, scalled, scald →? Scots: sca, scaw (compare Middle Scots skade, scaid, skaid, scad, skald, scald, scauld)