lacking") scare skirra (="to frighten) scarf skarfr (="fastening joint") ("scarf" and "scarves" have possibly been reintroduced to modern Swedish in their English forms as slang, but Swedes almost always use the compound "neck-cloth" (hals-duk). scathe skaða (="to hurt, injure") scold From Old Norse skald (="poet") score skor (="notch"; "twenty") scowl Probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian skule (="look furtively, squint, look embarrassed") and Danish skule (="to scowl, cast down the eyes") scrap skrap (="scraps, trifles") from skrapa scrape skrapa (="to scrape, erase") scrawny Of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse skrælna (="to shrivel") scree From Old Norse skriða (="landslide") scuff Probably from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse skufa, skyfa (="to shove, push aside"), via Scottish seat sæti (="seat, position") seem sœma (="to conform") silt Probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian and Danish sylt (="salt marsh") and Old Swedish sylta (="mud") skate skata (="fish") skerry From Old Norse sker skewer Possibly from Old Norse skifa (="a cut, slice") ski From Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skið (="long snowshoe") skid Probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skið (="stick of wood") skill skil (="distinction") skin skinn (="animal hide") skip skopa (="to skip, run) skitter, skittish Perhaps relate to Old Norse skjota skirt skyrta (="shirt") skrike skríkja (="to scream") skull skulle (="head") sky ský (="cloud") slam From a Scandinavian source, ultimately of imitative origin. slant sletta, slenta (="to throw carelessly") slaughter *slahtr (="butchering") slaver slafra (="slaver") sledge sleggja (="sledgehammer") sleight slœgð sleuth sloð (="trail") sling From Old Norse slyngva slob From a Scandinavian source via Irish slump Probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe (="fall upon,") Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. slush Perhals from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian and Danish slask (="slushy ground") sly sloegr (="cunning, crafty, sly") smithy From Old Norse smiðja snag From a Scandinavian source, related Old Norse snagi (="clothes peg") snare snara (="noose, snare") snape sneypa (="to outrage, dishonor, disgrace") snub snubba (="to curse") snug Perhaps from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse snoggr (="short-haired") sprint spretta (="to jump up") squall Probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse skvala (="to cry out") stack From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse stakkr (="haystack") stagger stakra (="to push") stain steina (="to paint") steak steik, steikja (="to fry") stumble Probably from a Scandinavian source, may