scealc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”) and Old High German skalk (“serf”).

Noun

sċealc m

  1. servant
  2. man, soldier, sailor

Declension
Declension of scealc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċealc sċealcas
accusative sċealc sċealcas
genitive sċealces sċealca
dative sċealce sċealcum

Derived terms
  • ambehtsċealc m (“official servant”)
  • bēorsċealc m (“beer-servant, butler”)
  • freoþosċealc m (“minister of peace”)

Descendants
  • Middle English: schalk

References
  • sċealc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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