- scirfemús
- f (-mýs/-mýs) shrew (mouse) [sceorfan]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
scirfemús
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shrew — small mammal, O.E. screawa shrew mouse, unknown outside English, perhaps from P.Gmc. *skreu to cut (see SHRED (Cf. shred)). Alternative O.E. word for it was scirfemus, from sceorfan to gnaw. The meaning peevish, malignant, clamorous, spiteful,… … Etymology dictionary
