" 'Skoal!' the smoke-stained rafters as the deep-throated roar went up."
" 'Then—' he drank in deeply the crisp strong tang of the seawind—'then, skoal for the Viking path'..."
-Swords of the Northern Sea
skol
/skɒl/
sentence substitute
1.
good health! (a drinking toast)
verb (transitive) skols, skolling, skolled
2.
(Austral, informal) to down (an alcoholic drink) in one go
Word Origin
C16: from Danish skaal bowl, from Old Norse skal; see scale ²
A Well of Heroes: Two:
Literary Impressions of the Prose and Verse of Robert E. Howard
