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語源

Borrowed from Old Norse *skulka, *skolka, usually derived from Middle Low German schulken, from schûlen (“to hide”), though as the English form implies the word existed earlier, possibly instead from a Old Saxon *skulkōn, from schûlen's ancestor *skūlian. First attested in c. 1335.

発音

• IPA: /ˈskulkən/

動詞

sculken (third-person singular simple present sculketh, present participle sculkende, sculkynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sculked) (chiefly Northern)

1. (intransitive or reflexive) To slink or skulk; to move sneakily.
2. (intransitive) To hide; to conceal oneself.
3. (intransitive) To dwindle or wither away.

Conjugation

派生語

• sculke

派生した語

• English: skulk
• Middle Scots: sculke (rare)
  • Scots: scouk, skook

参照

• “skulken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “skulk, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.