skjalla

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Icelandic

Verb

skjalla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skjallaði, supine skjallað)

  1. to flatter, to compliment

Declension

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skellaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call, shout).

Verb

skjalla (singular past indicative skall, plural past indicative skullu, past participle skollinn)

  1. to clash, clatter

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjella, skjelle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjelle

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