skelfiskr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

skelfiskr m

  1. shellfish

Declension

References

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