skoal

[ skohl ]

/ skoʊl /

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

a toast.

to drink a toast.

Origin of skoal

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

skive, skiver, skivvy, skiwear, sklent, skoal, skobelev, skodaic resonance, skokiaan, skokie, skol

Skoal to thee, Edward, for both thy foes are slain and thou shalt reign in peace.

Wulnoth the Wanderer |Herbert Escott-Inman
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.

A Sea Queen's Sailing |Charles Whistler
Our skoal for them whose star goes down, Our drink the drink of men!

Songs from Vagabondia |Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
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

Skal or skoal was the Norwegian word used in drinking a health.

Days of the Discoverers |L. Lamprey