An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
scalpriform — ˈskalprəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: Latin scalprum chisel, knife + English iform more at scalpel : shaped like a chisel scalpriform incisor … Useful english dictionary
scalp — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, crown of the head, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skālpr sheath; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe shell Date: 14th century 1. a. the part of the integument of the human head usually covered with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Óss (runa) — Nombre Protonórdico Anglosajón Nórdico antiguo *Ansuz Ós Ác Æsc Óss As (dios) dios … Wikipedia Español
Schelfe, die — Die Schêlfe, plur. die n, in den gemeinen Sprecharten einiger Gegenden, die Schale, besonders die weiche biegsame Schale, die Hülfe. Äpfelschelfen, Apfelschalen. Die Schelfen von Erbsen, Bohnen, Wälschen Nüssen u.s.f. Man tritt den wahren Kern… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
skel- — I. skel 1 Also kel . To cut. Derivatives include scalp, skill, cutlass, half, scalpel, and sculpture. 1. a. shell, from … Universalium
scalp — scalper, n. scalpless, adj. /skalp/, n. 1. the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures. 2. a part of this integument with the accompanying hair, severed from the head of an enemy as a… … Universalium
scalp — The skin and subcutaneous tissue, normally hair bearing, covering the neurocranium. [M. E. fr. Scand. skalpr, sheath] * * * scalp skalp n the part of the integument of the head usu. covered with hair in both sexes * * * (skalp) that part of the… … Medical dictionary
scalp — [13] Scalp originally meant ‘top of the head, cranium’; it was not used for the ‘skin on top of the head’ until the 17th century. It is not altogether clear where the word came from, but its resemblance to Old Norse skálpr ‘sheath, shell’ and the … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Skalp — Sm Kopfhaut des erschlagenen Feindes per. Wortschatz exot. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Nach Berichten aus Amerika entlehnt aus ne. scalp, das aus me. scalp Schädel stammt. Dieses aus einem nordischen Wort (anord. skalpr Schwertscheide, Schiff , im… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
scallop — (n.) bivalve mollusk, c.1400, from O.Fr. escalope shell, variant of eschalope, probably from a Germanic source (Cf. O.N. skalpr sheath, M.Du. schelpe shell ); see SCALE (Cf. scale) (n.1). Extended 17c. to objects shaped like scallop shells,… … Etymology dictionary
scalp — (n.) c.1300, presumably from a Scandinavian source (though exact cognates are wanting) related to O.N. skalli bald head, skalpr sheath, from the source of SCALE (Cf. scale) (n.2). Fr. scalpe, Ger., Swed. skalp are from English. The verb meaning… … Etymology dictionary
