skelm
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skelm (plural skelms)
- Alternative form of schelm
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Etymology edit
From Dutch schelm, from German Schelm or Middle Low German schelm.
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skelm (plural skelms)
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skelm c
- Alternative form of skälm (“schelm”).
- 1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, act I, scene IV, page 40:
- TV Konstrijke Mästare, godt rådh giff,
Skall man nu skona thenna skelmens lijff?- THOU artful Master, good counsel give,
Should one now spare this scoundrel's life?
- THOU artful Master, good counsel give,