sgailc

I

a smart blow, a slap, skelp, Irish sgailleóg; root skal, make a noise by hitting; Norse skella, slap, clatter (skjalla), German schallen, resound; Lithuanian skaliu, give tongue (as a hunting dog). Cf. Scottish and Middle English skelp. Also sgailleag.

II

a bald pate, baldness, sgall, baldness, Irish sgallta, bald, bare, scallach, bald; from Norse skalli, a bald head, Swed. skallig, bald, skala, peel, skal, husk, English scale. The Gaelic sgailc is possibly from Middle English scalc, scalp; but sgall is clearly Norse.