scealc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”) and Old High German skalk (“serf”).

Noun

sċealc m

servant
man, soldier, sailor

Declension

Declension of scealc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċealc	sċealcas
accusative	sċealc	sċealcas
genitive	sċealces	sċealca
dative	sċealce	sċealcum

Derived terms

ambehtsċealc m (“official servant”)
bēorsċealc m (“beer-servant, butler”)
freoþosċealc m (“minister of peace”)

Descendants

Middle English: schalk, scalk, schalke, schalkke, shalk
- English: shalk
- Middle Scots: schalk, schak, schaik

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċealc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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