- skelpa
- f. wry face (gera skelpur).* * *u, f. [skálpr], a wry face; in the phrase, göra skelpur, to make a wry mouth, in crying, Fb. i. 566.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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(s)kel-1 — (s)kel 1 English meaning: to cut Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden” Note: not reliable from kel “hit” and kel “prick” (above S. 545 f.) to separate. Material: O.Ind. kalü ‘small part” (: Serb. pro kola “Teil eines gespaltenen… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
