skelfiskr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skaljafiskaz. Cognate with Old English sċielfisċEnglish shellfish. Equivalent to skel +‎ fiskr.

Noun

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skelfiskr m

  1. shellfish

Declension

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References

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  • skelfiskr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press