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interjection
1.
(used as a toast in drinking someone's health.)
noun
2.
a toast.
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Skoal
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verb (used without object)
3.
to drink a toast.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Danish skaal, Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl
1590–1600; < Danish skaal, Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl
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Word Origin & History
skoal
Scand. toasting word, 1600, from Dan. skaal "a toast," lit. "bowl, cup," from O.N., originally a cup made from a shell, from P.Gmc. *skelo, from PIE *(s)kel- "to cut" (see shell). The word first appears in Scottish Eng., and may have been connected to the visit of James VI
EXPANDof Scotland to Denmark in 1589.
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