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Posted By: wwh AWAD archives Jun 99 - 08/12/03 03:02 PM
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Posted By: wwh Re: AWAD archives Jun 99 - 08/12/03 03:08 PM
skulk - my dictionary doesn't support this, but I have seen etymology given as derived from Germanic "scalk" meaning a slave or servant. A "marshal" was the "mare servant" = in charge of the horses. The seneschal is the most senior servant.
So, to "skulk" meant to be unobtrusive, as servant's infereior status demands.

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