skelf

Icelandic

Verb

skelf

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of skjálfa

Scots

Noun

skelf (plural skelfs)

  1. A splinter or sliver of wood.
  2. A thin or diminutive person.
    • 1992, Iain Banks, The Crow Road
      'Like I say; I could have got the baby-sitter to help me with him, but she's just a skelf...not our regular girl.'
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