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Definition of Skoal
1. to drink to the health of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skoal
Literary usage of Skoal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... Up to its native stars My soul ascended 1 There from the flowing bowl Deep
drinks the warrior's soul, skoal ! to the Northland ! skoal ! ..."
2. Swedish Song Games: A Collection of Games and Songs for School, Home, and by Valborg Kastman, Greta Köhler (1913)
"... dance around ring grasp from 1-4 to right; from 5-8, to left. The game begins
again, this time with the boys in the inside circle. 36. Gustafs skoal ..."
3. The Sons of Baldur: A Forest Music Dramaby Herman George Scheffauer, Arthur Weiss by Herman George Scheffauer, Arthur Weiss (1908)
"O god of the forest— skoal to thee! skoal! ... skoal to you! skoal! Build the
pile on the galley; On my shield let me rest— Let me make my last sally ..."
4. The Skeleton in Armour: Ballad for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 28by Arthur Foote, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Arthur Foote, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1892)
"skoal! to the J * I J. J) J laud! skoal! to the - land! skoal! to the North - land!
skoal! Ï land! skoal! to the North skoal! to the No rPr to the North ..."
5. Folk-dances and singing games: twenty-six folk-dances of Norway, Sweden by Elizabeth Burchenal (1913)
"There is no bet - ter skoal than this! ... y " ^ | * ^5—^1 * best old skoal there
is! is! Ho fa! de-rol jan, Le-jan, li - jan, Ho fal-de-rol jan, Le -jan, ..."
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