skoal
Americaninterjection
noun
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of skoal
1590–1600; < Danish skaal, Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl
Example Sentences
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A brimming skoal was given To Angantyr at last; So Fridthjof in this haven The cheerful winter passed.
From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Holcomb, Martha A. Lyon
Our skoal for them whose star goes down, Our drink the drink of men!
From Songs from Vagabondia by Hovey, Richard
This, I suspect, is to be about her first real tussle; skoal to the victor!
From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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.
From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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