sculle

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. skull

Descendants

  • English: skull
  • Scots: scull, skult, skolt (forms with -t merger with or from Old Norse skoltr)

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

sċulle

  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of sċellan
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