skult

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skult

1. past participle of skule

Scots

Picture dictionary

skult

skult

brain

ey

nose

mooth

chin

jaw

ear

haffet

neck

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Alternative forms

• skolt, skoolt, skuilt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skʊlt/, /skʌlt/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

skult (plural skults)

1. skull
2. head
3. A place-name denoting a bare top or height.

Derived terms

nouns

• numskult

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic sgolt (“cleft, split, rent”).

Noun

skult (plural skults)

1. defile, gorge

Etymology 3

Noun

skult (plural skults)

1. Alternative form of scult

Verb

skult (third-person singular simple present skults, present participle skultin, simple past skultt, past participle skultt)

1. Alternative form of scult

References

• “skult” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “skult”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]