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Scowl

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to frown in an angry, displeased, or sullen manner
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Stage 1 of 2
skula
Old Norse · medieval
"to look sullen"
to look sullen, to glower
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Stage 2 of 2
scowl
English · 1300s
"to frown in an angry or sullen manner"
settled as the English word for a sullen, frowning expression
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