skall

See also: skäll

English

Verb

skall (third-person singular simple present skalls, present participle skalling, simple past and past participle skalled)

1. (obsolete) To scale; to mount

References

• “skall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskatl̥]
• Rhymes: -atl̥

Verb

skall (strong)

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of skella

Middle English

Noun

skall

1. (Late Middle English, Herefordshire) alternative form of scalle

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to skjell and skål

Noun

skall n (definite singular skallet, indefinite plural skall, definite plural skalla or skallene)

1. skin or peel (of certain fruits)
2. shell (e.g. of shellfish, eggs, nuts)

Derived terms

• bananskall

See also

• skal (Nynorsk)

References

• “skall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skal/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish skal, from Old Norse skall n, skǫll f, to the verb Old Norse skjalla (“clash, clatter”), from Proto-Germanic *skellaną or *skellǭ, originally “to sound (strong)” and thereof.

Cognate to Old Danish skald, Norwegian Nynorsk skoll; Middle Low German schal; Old High German scal, German Schall; Dutch schal.

Noun

skall n

1. a loud or shrill and widely audible sound or noise of any kind, especially such that produces an echo
2. a bark (sound made by a dog or a wolf)

Declension

Declension of skall

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skall	skalls
	definite	skallet	skallets
plural	indefinite	skall	skalls
	definite	skallen	skallens

Derived terms

• skallgång

Related terms

• skalla
• skaller
• skallra
• skäll
• skälla

See also

• voff

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• ska, ſkall

Verb

skall

1. (formal) present indicative of skola, shall

   Du skall inte passera!

   You shall not pass!

Usage notes

Matches English shall in tone and is used in similar contexts, for example in legal documents or for dramatic or poetic effect. A good way to think about the more common alternative form ska is also as a "de-dramatized" shall, usually being otherwise identical in meaning to shall. Translating ska is often a matter of rephrasing an English sentence with shall for a more everyday tone: "Jag ska sjunga i kören imorgon" → "I shall sing in the choir tomorrow" (match for meaning) → "I will / I'm going to / I'm (if the rest is casual) gonna sing in the choir tomorrow" (match for tone).

See the usage notes for bli, finnas, and man for three other examples of words that have a direct translation that is often unidiomatic or a poor match for tone.

Related terms

Etymologically related, dealing with obligation in some sense

• oskyldig
• skuld
• skull
• skyldig
• skylla

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2676
• “skall”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• skall in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)