skelmir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse skelmir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈscɛlmɪr/ === Noun === skelmir m (genitive singular skelmis, nominative plural skelmar) trickster, rogue, rascal Synonyms: prakkari, hrekkjalómur ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *skalmjaną, an umlauted derivation of *skalmaną (“epidemic, plague, death”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, part, divide”) or *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”). Compare German Schelm (“rogue”) and Middle Low German schelm (“scoundrel, rogue”). === Noun === skelmir m (genitive skelmis, plural skelmar) rogue devil === References === === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “skelmir”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press