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

Verb

skall (strong)

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

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 Norse skjalla (“clash, clatter”). Compare German Schall, Dutch schal, Old Norse skǫll.

Noun

skall n

1. 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

Related terms

• skälla
• skallgång

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 and man for two other examples of words that have a direct translation that is often unidiomatic or a poor match for tone.

References

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