Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
scall en · ADJ
Pronunciation
/skɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/skɔl/ (General-American)
/skɑl/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scalle, assumed to stem from Old Norse skalli (“bald heard, skull”), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”).
However, the later form scald, coincides with Old Norse *skolð, Old Swedish skoldh, skold, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“scurf, rash”).
Meanings
Mean; wretched.
scall en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/skɔːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/skɔl/ (General-American)
/skɑl/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scalle, assumed to stem from Old Norse skalli (“bald heard, skull”), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”).
However, the later form scald, coincides with Old Norse *skolð, Old Swedish skoldh, skold, skol, Swedish skål, skoll, skolla, Danish skold, skolde, Norwegian skåld (“scurf, rash”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 13:30: