skarsl

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

skarsl n

  1. snuff of a candle

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skar

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skarsl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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