scolu

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skolu, from Proto-Germanic *skulō (crowd), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃo.lu/

Noun

sċolu f

  1. a troop or band of people
  2. host, division of an army
  3. multitude
  4. (of fish) shoal, school

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċolu sċola, sċole
accusative sċole sċola, sċole
genitive sċole sċola
dative sċole sċolum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: *schole
    • English: shoal
    • Scots: schole