skaknafnorðhvorugkynor skakr, n., qs. skvak (?), [Engl. squeak], a noise; göra skak at e-m, to howl at, Ann. 1305 (Hb.); gaf Sverrir konungr þeim gestunum mikit skak, he scolded them, Fms. viii. 143 (skakr, v. l.)