skelfiskr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *skaljafiskaz. Cognate with Old English sċielfisċEnglish shellfish. Equivalent to skel +‎ fiskr.

Noun[edit]

skelfiskr m

  1. shellfish

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • skelfiskr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press