shalk

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Etymology

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From Middle English schalk, scalk, from Old English scealc (servant; man, soldier, sailor), from Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz (servant, knight), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (to cleave, separate, part, divide). Cognate with German Schalk (joker), Old Norse skálkr (servant, rogue) ( > Danish and Swedish skalk), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, servant).

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Noun

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shalk (plural shalks)

  1. (obsolete) A servant.
  2. (UK dialectal) A man; fellow.

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Middle English

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Noun

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shalk

  1. Alternative form of schalk