See scalle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "skau"
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],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skallô"
],
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"kallo",
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],
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},
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},
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},
{
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"2": "kallo",
"t": "skull"
},
"expansion": "Finnish kallo (“skull”)",
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},
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"2": "*skolð"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Norse skalli, from Proto-Germanic *skallô; compare Finnish kallo (“skull”). Compare Old Norse *skolð.",
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"form": "scalles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scallen",
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"West",
"error-unknown-tag",
"plural"
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},
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"form": "skalle",
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"form": "skall",
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"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "scall",
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},
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},
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]
}
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},
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},
"expansion": "scalle (plural scalles or (West Midland) scallen)",
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}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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},
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"_dis": "28 30 7 34",
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}
],
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"A scalp infection involving flaking and hair loss (probably tinea capitis)"
],
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"scalp",
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[
"infection",
"infection"
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"involving",
"involve"
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"flaking",
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"tinea capitis",
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"A blister or rash resulting from this infection."
],
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[
"rash",
"rash"
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"infection",
"infection"
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}
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"glosses": [
"An outbreak of freckles."
],
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"outbreak",
"outbreak"
],
[
"freckle",
"freckle"
]
],
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"(rare) An outbreak of freckles."
],
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"(rare) A skin infection (of humans or sheep)."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈskal(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "scalle"
}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
"Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English weak nouns",
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"Pages with entries",
"enm:Diseases",
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"lang": "Scots",
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},
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}
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"word": "skall"
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"lang": "Scots",
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}
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"skalli",
"skalli#Old_Norse"
],
[
"*skallô",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skallô"
],
[
"kallo",
"kallo#Finnish"
],
[
"*skolð",
"Reconstruction:Old Norse/skolð"
]
],
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{
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"1": "enm",
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"3": "*skallô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skallô",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "kallo",
"t": "skull"
},
"expansion": "Finnish kallo (“skull”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "*skolð"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "scallen",
"tags": [
"West",
"error-unknown-tag",
"plural"
]
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"form": "skalle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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"form": "skall",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "scall",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "sca",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "scaw",
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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],
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"A scalp infection involving flaking and hair loss (probably tinea capitis)"
],
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"scalp",
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"infection",
"infection"
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"flaking",
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"hair",
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],
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"loss",
"loss"
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"A blister or rash resulting from this infection."
],
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"blister"
],
[
"rash",
"rash"
],
[
"infection",
"infection"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
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"An outbreak of freckles."
],
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"outbreak",
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"freckle",
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],
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"(rare) An outbreak of freckles."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
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},
{
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"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
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"A skin infection (of humans or sheep)."
],
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[
"skin",
"skin"
],
[
"infection",
"infection"
],
[
"human",
"human#English"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A skin infection (of humans or sheep)."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈskal(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "scalle"
}
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