- scyfel
- f (-e/-a) woman's hood, head-dress, covering for a woman's head
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
scyfel
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(s)keup-, skeub(h)- — (s)keup , skeub(h) English meaning: bundle, flock, etc.. Deutsche Übersetzung: “Bũschel, Schopf, Quaste”; only Gmc. and Slav. Material: O.Ice. skauf “ bundle, tassel “, O.E. scēaf, O.H.G. scoub “bundle, bundle of straw, fascicle … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
scruff — [skruf] n. [< ON skrufr, a tuft of hair, forelock, var. of skruf, altered by metathesis < skufr, tuft < IE base * (s)keup > OE scyfel, woman s headdress] 1. the back of the neck; nape 2. the loose skin at the back of the neck of some… … English World dictionary
