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skalva

verbweather

To fall in large, loose snowflakes

To fall as large, loose flakes of snow; to snow with big flakes.

Example in use

It's skalva oot.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/SKAHL-vah/

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Origin & context

old norsecurrentneutral

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