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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
schallen, resound; Lit. skaliu, give tongue (as a hunting dog). Cf. Sc. and M. Eng. skelp. Also sgailleag.

sgailc, a bald pate, baldness, sgall, baldness, Ir. sgallta, bald, bare, scallach, bald; from Norse skalli, a bald head, Swed. skallig, bald, skala, peel, skal, husk, Eng. scale. The G. sgailc is possibly from M. Eng. scalc, scalp; but sgall is clearly Norse.

sgàin, burst, rend, Ir. sgáinim: *skad-no-, root skhad, sked, skha, split, rend, cut; Gr. σκεδάννυμι, scatter; Skr. skhádate, split,

sgainneal, a scandal, Ir. scannail, M. Ir. scandal; from the Lat. scandalum.

sgainnir, scatter, sganradh (n.), Ir. scanruighim, scatter, scare; cf. Eng. squander, allied to scatter.

sgàinnteach, a corroding pain, pain of fatique; from sgàin.

sgàird, flux, diarrhœa, Ir. sgárdaim, I squirt, pour out: *skardo-; I. E. skerdo-; Lat. sucerda, swine-dung, muscerda, mouse-dung = mus-scerda-; Skr. chard, vomit; Ch. Sl. skarędŭ, nauseating; Eng. sharn. Another form is *skart, W. ysgarth, excrement, Br. skoarz, skarz, void, cleanse, Gr. σκῶρ, g. σκατός, Skr. çákṛt, dung.

sgaireach, prodigal (Sh., etc.); from the root skar of sgar.

sgàireag, one year old gull, young scart; from Norse skári, a young sea-mew.

sgàirn, howling of dogs, loud murmur; see sgairt.

sgairneach, a continuous heap of loose stones on a hill side, the sound of such stones falling (sgairm, M'A.); cf. Sc. scarnoch, crowd, gumult, noise (Ayr). See sgairn. Badenoch Dial. sgarmach.

sgairt, a loud cry, Ir. sgairt: *s-gar-ti-, root gar?

sgairt, activity, Ir. sgairteamhuil, active: root skar, skip, spring; Gr. σκαίρω, skip, σκάρος, a leap, run; Zend çhar, spring.

sgairt, midriff, intesting caul, Ir. scairt: "separater", from skar of sgar?

sgait, a skate; from the Eng. skate, Norse skata.

sgaiteach, sharp, edged, cutting, sgait, a prickle, a little chip of wood in one's flesh (Dial.); from sgath, lop.

sgal, howl, shriek, yell, Ir. sgal, M. Ir. scal, root skal, sound, cry; Norse skjalla, clash, clatter, skvala, squall, squeal, Ger. schallen; Lit. skaliu, give tongue (as a dog); Gr. σκúλαξ, whelp: I. E. root sqel, make a sound, allied to sqel, split, hit? Cf. W. chwalu, prate, babble, spread, root sqvel, sqval.

sgalag, a servant, Ir. sgológ (fem.), husbandman, rustic, M. Ir. scolóc (= gille), E. Ir. scoloca; from Norse skálkr, servant, slave, Got. skalks, servant, Ger. schalk, knave, Eng. marshal,