The Origins of the Norse Word Skid

Skid was originally a noun, not a verb. It was also a word which referred to a beam or plank used to support something else. The modern phrase, hit the skids is actually a twentieth century expression. So that's skid and ski, both norse words. But you may be wondering about the word skate. Well, skate actually comes from the same root but it didn't come from the vikings. It was a frankish version of the same root word, and it passed into dutch and then into english. And if you are wondering who got it right? Schedule or schedule? The answers neither. They were spelled s e d u l e and somet