re: #647 Naso Tang

Possibly so, but still “skullfucker” has no ring of reality to it. Maybe the term had the word “skull” in it (Skal or Skalle or similar), fucker has no obvious meaning other than modern English and it might just as well have been something to do with having a hard, or knobbly, or ugly skull.

OK…

Let’s imagine that almost 20 years ago, you took a college course from a prof you really liked who gave you a lot of insight into history that you have found valuable through the years. Suppose also that this class on Dark Ages history through the Carolinians was also his area of research.

He told that story in class. Perhaps he translated the name from the original dialect.

In otherwords, I trust the prof.