noun
Origin: ME < Scand, as in Dan dial. skalp, pod, shell, ON skalpr, sheath < IE *skelb-, extension of base *(s)kel- > scale
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, top of the head
Origin: , of Scandinavian origin; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots
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