skalli – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of skalli

Noun: skalli
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.skalli
Sg. Def.skallinn
Pl. Indef.skallar
Pl. Def.skallarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.skalla
Sg. Def.skallans
Pl. Indef.skalla
Pl. Def.skallanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.skalla
Sg. Def.skallanum
Pl. Indef.skallum
Pl. Def.skallunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.skalla
Sg. Def.skallann
Pl. Indef.skalla
Pl. Def.skallana

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like skalli

skalli, ǫlnbogi, regnbogi, blakkriði, einriði, ǫlbogi, ǫkvisi, þungi, dauði, gráði, lundi, munni, beini, blóði, hneri, hlýri, hixti, hegri, trýni, iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Proto-Norse *ᛋᚲᚨᛚᛟ (*skalo), from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”).
2. Related to Old Norse skoltr (“brow”), skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), Swedish skult (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Norwegian Nynorsk skult, skolt (“cranium, head (of a hammer); crag; hub”); possibly related to Latin celsus (“lofty, high, tall”), collis (“hill”). Compare Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”), and Scots skult, skolt. Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”)
3. Also related to Old Norse skǫllóttr, Icelandic sköllóttur, Old Swedish skallotter, Swedish skallig, Danish skaldet, Norwegian skalla, skallet (“bald”). See: Finnish Nouns 'kallo', Old Norse Nouns 'skoltr', Icelandic Nouns 'skoltur', Latin Nouns 'celsus', Old Norse Nouns 'skǫllóttr', Icelandic Nouns 'sköllóttur'.

Verbs referencing "skalli"

English Nouns skull, Finnish Nouns kallo, Danish Nouns skalle, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns skalle, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns skalle, Swedish Nouns skalle, Icelandic Nouns skalli, English Nouns scall, Middle English Nouns scalle.

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