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saga: (="story, tale") ;
sale: ;
same: (="same") ;
scale: (for weighing) from (="bowl, drinking cup", or in plural "weighing scale" referring to the cup or pan part of a balance) in early English used to mean "cup" ;
scalp: From a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse (="a bald head") or (="sheath, scabbard") ;
scant: and (="short, lacking") ;
scare: (="to frighten) ;
scarf: (="fastening joint") ("scarf" and "scarves" have possibly been reintroduced to modern Swedish in their English forms as slang, but Swedes almost always use the compound "neck-cloth" (hals-duk). ;
scathe: (="to hurt, injure") ;
scoff: From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse (="mockery, ridicule") ;
scofflaw: From scoff + law, both of which are of Old Norse origin. ;
scold: From Old Norse (="poet") ;
scorch: Perhaps from Old Norse (="to be shriveled"). It was previously thought to be from Old French, but this is now considered unlikely. ;
score: (="notch"; "twenty") ;
scowl: Probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian (="look furtively, squint, look embarrassed") and Danish (="to scowl, cast down the eyes") ;
scrag: Related to Norwegian "a lean person;" dialectal Swedish "a great, dry tree; a long, lean man," "old and torn thing," Danish "hull of a ship; carcass," Icelandic , a nickname of the fox ;
scrap: (="scraps, trifles") from ;
scrape: (="to scrape, erase") ;
scrawny: Of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse (="to shrivel") ;
scree: From Old Norse (="landslide") ;
scuff,
scuffle: Probably from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse (="to shove, push aside"), via Scottish ;
seat: (="seat, position") ;
seem: (="to conform") ;
shrimp: Probably from or related to Old Norse (="thin person") ;
shrivel: Perhaps from a Scandinavian source and related to Swedish (="to wrinkle, to shrivel") ;
shrug: perhaps connected to Danish "to stoop, crouch." ;
silt: Probably from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian and Danish (="salt marsh") and Old Swedish (="mud") ;
skate: (="fish") ;
skeet: ultimately from Old Norse (="to shoot") ;
skerry: From Old Norse ;
skewer: Possibly from Old Norse (="a cut, slice") ;
ski: From Norwegian , related to Old Norse (="long snowshoe") ;
skid: Probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse (="stick of wood") ;
skill: (="distinction") ;
skin: (="animal hide") ;
skip: (="to skip, run) ;
skirt: (="shirt") ;
skit: Perhaps ultimately from Old Norse (="to shoot, move quickly") ;
skitter,
skittish: Perhaps relate to Old Norse ;
skive: From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse (="to cut, split") ;
skrike: (="to scream") ;
skua: from Faroese , related to Old Norse (="seagull, tuft, tassel"), and possibly to (="fox's tail"). ;
skull: (="head") ;
sky: (="cloud") ;
skyscraper: From
sky +
scrape, both of which originate from Old Norse ;
slam: From a Scandinavian source, ultimately of imitative origin. ;
slang: Related to the verb slanger "linger, go slowly," which is of Scandinavian origin ;
slant: (="to throw carelessly") ;
slaughter: (="butchering") ;
slaver: (="slaver") ;
sledge: (="sledgehammer") ;
sleight: ;
sleuth: (="trail") ;
slight: Probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse (="smooth, sleek") ;
sling: From Old Norse ;
slob: From a Scandinavian source via Irish ;
slot: Perhaps from Old Norse sloð "trail" via Old French esclot "hoofprint of a deer or horse". ;
slouch: Related to Old Norse ("lazy fellow") ;
slump: Probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish (="fall upon,") Swedish ; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. ;
slush: Perhaps from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian and Danish (="slushy ground") ;
sly: (="cunning, crafty, sly") ;
smithy: From Old Norse ;
snag: From a Scandinavian source, related Old Norse (="clothes peg") ;
snape: (="to outrage, dishonor, disgrace") ;
snare: (="noose, snare") ;
snipe: From Old Norse ;
sniper: From English
snipe, which was derived from Old Norse ;
snub: (="to curse") ;
snug,
snuggle: Perhaps from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse (="short-haired") ;
spike: perhaps from or related to a Scandinavian word, such as Old Norse "splinter," Middle Swedish "nail". ;
sprint: (="to jump up") ;
squabble: probably from a Scandinavian source and of imitative origin ;
squall: Probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse (="to cry out") ;
stack: From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse (="haystack") ;
stagger: (="to push") ;
stain: (="to paint") ;
steak: , (="to fry") ;
stern (nautical): probably from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse "a steering," related to or derived from "to guide". ;
stoup: From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse (="cup") ;
stumble: Probably from a Scandinavian source, may be related to Norwegian , Swedish (="to stumble") ;
swag: From a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse (="to swing, sway") ;
swain: from Old Norse "boy, servant, attendant". ;
sway: (="to bend, swing, give way") ==T==