skaup

Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skub-, a derivative of *skeubaną (“to drive, push”). Related to Old High German scoph.

Noun

skaup n

  1. mockery

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skaup”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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