skoal

[ skohl ]

/ skoʊl /

(used as a toast in drinking someone's health.)

a toast.

to drink a toast.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

1590–1600; <Danish skaal,Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl

Skoal to thee, Edward, for both thy foes are slain and thou shalt reign in peace.
Wulnoth the Wanderer|Herbert Escott-Inman
Gerda gave me the cup her lips had just touched, and I drank "skoal" to them in turn, and so Gerda the Queen had come home.
A Sea Queen's Sailing|Charles Whistler
Our skoal for them whose star goes down, Our drink the drink of men!
Songs from Vagabondia|Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
But Wulnoth had fled back, and was let into the hold by the men, who cried "Skoal" to him.
Wulnoth the Wanderer|Herbert Escott-Inman

Skal or skoal was the Norwegian word used in drinking a health.
Days of the Discoverers|L. Lamprey