different between skerping vs skelping

English

From Faroese skerping (“sharpening”).

skerping (uncountable)

(phonetics) In the Faroese language, the phenomenon of inserting [?v] after closed rounded back vowels and [d??] after closed unrounded front vowels

skelping

skelping (comparative more skelping, superlative most skelping)

skelping (plural skelpings)

A beating or slapping.
- 2011, Kate McGregor, No Pretender: The Tale of a Modern Day Hero (page 35)
  The word was old Scots for a good spanking, particularly in relation to the punishment of a miscreant child, and the Scots, after centuries of skelpings at the hands of the English themselves, absolutely loved it.
- 2015, Irvine Welsh, A Decent Ride (page 53)
  Jonty's instinctive awestruck expression had been curtailed by repeated skelpings across the head by his father, Henry.

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