skult
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
skult
- past participle of skule
Scots
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skʊlt/, /skʌlt/
Etymology 1
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Noun
skult (plural skults)
- skull
- head
- A place-name denoting a bare top or height.
Derived terms
nouns
- numskult
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic sgolt (“cleft, split, rent”).
Noun
skult (plural skults)
Etymology 3
Noun
skult (plural skults)
- alternative form of scult
Verb
skult (third-person singular simple present skults, present participle skultin, simple past skultt, past participle skultt)
- alternative form of scult
References
- “skult”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “skult”, in The Online Scots Dictionary[1]