skella

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈscɛtla/ Rhymes: -ɛtla === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== skella f (genitive singular skellu, nominative plural skellur) a spot, a patch ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse skjalla (“clash, clatter”). ==== Verb ==== skella (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skall, third-person plural past indicative skullu, supine skollið) to crash, bang ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse skella, causative of the strong verb skella (whence Icelandic skella (2)). ==== Verb ==== skella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skellti, supine skellt) to slam, slap [with dative] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === See skjalla. ==== Verb ==== skella alternative form of skjalla === Etymology 2 === Causative of the strong verb skjalla, skella, from Proto-Germanic *skallijaną. ==== Verb ==== skella to slam, clash, smack (with prepposition) skella af (“to strike clean off”) to bark (with prepposition) skella upp, skella upp yfir sik (“to burst out into roaring laughter”, literally “to bark up (over oneself)”) ===== Alternative forms ===== skjalla ===== Related terms ===== skall, skǫll skjalla skjallr skald (“poet”) skalda (“performing poetry”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: skella Old Swedish: skælla Swedish: skälla → Scots: skelloch (“a squeal”) → English: skell (dialectal) === Etymology 3 === To Proto-Germanic *skeldaną (“scold”), via descendant Old Danish skiældæ. ==== Verb ==== skella to scold ===== Related terms ===== skall, skǫll skjalla skjallr skald (“poet”) skalda (“performing poetry”) ===== Descendants ===== Old Danish: skiældæ Danish: skælde Old Swedish: skælla Swedish: skälla