skalk

From Old Norse skálkr, from Middle Low German schalk.

skalk c (singular definite skalken, plural indefinite skalke)

1. (archaic) a conman, scoundrel, deceiver

   Synonym: skurk

2. (archaic) a prankster, joker

   Synonym: skælm

• skalkagtig
• skalkeskjul

• “skalk” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “skalk” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

skalk

1. romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺

• scalc, scalk, scalh, scalch

From Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz.

skalk m

1. serf
2. servant
3. disciple
4. slave

• skifskalk

• Middle High German: schalc
  • German: Schalk
  • Luxembourgish: Schallek
• → Italian: scalco (from Lombardic)

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Inherited from Old Swedish skalker, from Middle Low German scalc, schalk. Cognate of German Schalk. Doublet of marskalk.

skalk c

1. (archaic) rogue, scoundrel

Doublet of skal and skilja. First attested in 1773. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skalk.

skalk c

1. an end piece of a loaf of bread or piece of cheese (with crust or rind on one side), a heel, a butt, a crust, a boot
2. (dated) synonym of skälm
3. (dated) synonym of skurk

• limpa (“loaf”)
• skorpa (“crust”)

• skalk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skalk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skalk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skalk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)