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skull
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sculle, scolle (also schulle, scholle), probably from Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull”), itself probably related to Old English s?ealu (“husk”). Compare Swedish skalle, Norwegian skalle.
Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skoltr, skolptr (“muzzle, snout”), akin to Icelandic skoltur (“jaw”), dialectal Swedish skult, skulle (“dome, crown of the head, skull”), Middle Dutch scolle, scholle, Middle Low German scholle, schulle (“clod, sod”). Compare also Old High German sciula, skiula (“skull”).
Alternative forms
- scull (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk?l, IPA(key): /sk?l/
- Homophone: scull
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
skull (plural skulls)
- (anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull—perhaps a cow's skull, a skull, perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the skull in his arms.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
- (figuratively) The mind or brain.
- A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
- The crown of the headpiece in armour.
- (Scotland) A shallow bow-handled basket.
Synonyms
- brainpan
- harnpan
Meronyms
- Thesaurus:skull
Coordinate terms
- cranium
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- bone
Verb
skull (third-person singular simple present skulls, present participle skulling, simple past and past participle skulled)
- To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
- (transitive, golf) To strike the top of (the ball).
- 2002, Robert C. Knox, Golf Balls Are Female (page 148)
- Monte swung so hard at the next ball that he skulled it straight right, into the pond: 8 in, 9 out.
- 2002, Robert C. Knox, Golf Balls Are Female (page 148)
References
Etymology 2
See school (“a multitude”).
Noun
skull (plural skulls)
- Obsolete form of school (“a multitude”).
- 1586, William Warner, Albion’s England:
- A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
- 1601, Philemon Holland (translator), Pliny the Elder (author), The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndvs., book IX, chapter xv: “Of the names and natures of many fishes.”:
- These fishs, togither with the old Tunies and the young, called Pelamides, enter in great flotes and skulls, into the sea Pontus, for the sweet food that they there find: and every companie of them hath their fever all leaders and captaines; and before them all, the Maquerels lead the way; which, while they be in the water, have a colour of brimstone; but without, like they be to the rest.
- 1586, William Warner, Albion’s England:
Anagrams
- Kulls
Swedish
Etymology
An alternate form of skuld (“debt”) from Old Norse skuld, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéltis. Compare gälla and gälda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?l?/
Noun
skull c
- (for someone's) sake, (on someone's) behalf; an archaic form of skuld (debt), used to indicate for whom or why something is done
- för din skull
- for your sake, for you, because of you, on your behalf
- För edra hjärtans hårdhets skull tillstadde Moses eder att skiljas från edra hustrur
- Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives (Matthew 19:8)
- för din skull
Related terms
- skuld
- skyld
- skylla
Anagrams
- kulls
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harnpan
English
Alternative forms
- harn-pan
Etymology
From Middle English herne panne, hern panne, equivalent to harn(s) (“brains”) +? pan (“pan, forehead”). Cognate with Scots harn-pan (“harnpan”), Middle Dutch and Middle Low German hernepanne (“harnpan”), Dutch hersenpan (“harnpan”). Compare also Middle Low German panne (“pan, forehead”), Danish pande (“pan, forehead”), Swedish panna (“pan, forehead”).
Noun
harnpan (plural harnpans)
- The brainpan; the skull.
Related terms
- harns
Translations
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