scold
English
/skəʊld/, /skoʊld/
noun
Definitions
- A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scold(e), scold, scolden derived from Old Norse skald (courtly poet, poet).
Origin
Old Norse
skald
Gloss
courtly poet, poet
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outscold English
- scoldable English
- scoldee English
- scolder English
- scoldest English
- scoldeth English
- scolding English
- scoldingly English
- skald English
- woke English
- wokescold English
- schelten German
- *skeldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *skeldaną Proto-Germanic
- skald Swedish
- scold(e), scold Middle English
- scolden Middle English
- skald Old Norse
- skjald Danish
- skald Serbo-Croatian
- leikritaskáld Icelandic
- ljóðskáld Icelandic
- skáld Icelandic
- skáldlegur Icelandic
- skáldskapur Icelandic
- schelden Middle Dutch
- skeltan Old High German
- skald Faroese
- schelten Middle High German
- skeldan Old Dutch
- skald Slovak
- skelda Old Frisian