- scealfor
- f (-e/-a) diver (bird), cormorant [compare OHG scarbo]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
scealfor
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castigatory — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cucking stool — Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to dung, k?kr… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ducking stool — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trebuchet — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tumbrel — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scelfor — see scealfor … Old to modern English dictionary
Scharbe — Sf Kormoran per. Wortschatz arch. (10. Jh.), mhd. scharbe m./f., ahd. scarbo m., scarba Stammwort. Aus g. * skarba m., * skarbō f. Scharbe , auch in anord. skarfr m., ae. scræf m. Mit r erweitert in nordfr. skoarwer, dasselbe mit Dissimilierung… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
