skoal

[skohl]

interjection

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

noun

a toast.

verb (used without object)

to drink a toast.

Origin of skoal

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

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Historical Examples of skoal

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
This, I suspect, is to be about her first real tussle; skoal to the victor!
The Tinder-Box
Maria Thompson Daviess
Skal or skoal was the Norwegian word used in drinking a health.
Days of the Discoverers
L. Lamprey
Then did the vikings leap up and run to Wulnoth and lift him, and carry him round on their shoulders, crying "Skoal" to him.
Wulnoth the Wanderer
Herbert Escott-Inman
Skoal to thee, Edward, for both thy foes are slain and thou shalt reign in peace.
Wulnoth the Wanderer
Herbert Escott-Inman

Word Origin and History for skoal

interj.

also skol, Scandinavian toasting word, c.1600, from Danish skaal "a toast," literally "bowl, cup," from Old Norse skal "bowl, drinking vessel," originally a cup made from a shell, from Proto-Germanic *skelo, from PIE *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see shell (n.)). The word first appears in Scottish English, and may have been connected to the visit of James VI of Scotland to Denmark in 1589.