English

Noun

skellum ‎(plural skellums)

1. (obsolete, Britain) A scoundrel.
   • Samuel Pepys' Diary - Friday 3 April 1663

     Dr. Creeton, [Robert Creighton] the Scotchman, […] ripped up Hugh Peters (calling him the execrable skellum), his preaching and stirring up the maids of the city to bring in their bodkins and thimbles.

   • Robert Burns, Tam O' Shanter (lines 17-22)

     O Tam! had'st thou but been sae wise,
     As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice!
     She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum,
     A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum;
     That frae November till October,
     Ae market-day thou was na sober.

Icelandic

Noun

skellum f

1. indefinite dative plural of skella

Verb

skellum

1. first-person plural present indicative of skella
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of skella