- scylfþ
- pres 3rd sing of scelfan
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
scylfþ
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scylf — m ( es/ as) 1. a peak, crag, ledge, shelf, tor (in local names); 2. a turret, tower, pinnacle … Old to modern English dictionary
Shelvey — The Hundred Rolls of Shropshire for the year 1180 in the reign of King Henry 11 (1154 1189) record the village of Schelfe in Shropshire. In 1249, Eyton s Antiquities of Shropshire give the spelling as Schylve , and this village is believed to be… … Surnames reference
Bachshell — This uncommon name belongs almost exclusively to the county of Sussex, where it is a locational surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, from the place called Backshells in Billingshurst. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Backsal — This uncommon name belongs almost exclusively to the county of Sussex, where it is a locational surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, from the place called Backshells in Billingshurst. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Backshall — This uncommon name belongs almost exclusively to the county of Sussex, where it is a locational surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, from the place called Backshells in Billingshurst. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Backshaw — This uncommon name belongs almost exclusively to the county of Sussex, where it is a locational surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, from the place called Backshells in Billingshurst. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Backshell — This uncommon name belongs almost exclusively to the county of Sussex, where it is a locational surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, from the place called Backshells in Billingshurst. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Backshill — This uncommon name belongs almost exclusively to the county of Sussex, where it is a locational surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, from the place called Backshells in Billingshurst. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century… … Surnames reference
Chillistone — This interesting and unusual name, recorded in English church registers from the mid 16th Century under the variant spellings Shilston, Chilstone, Chilliston, Chillystone, Chillestone etc., is of English locational origin from either of two… … Surnames reference
Lichfield — This interesting surname is of English locational origin either from Lichfield, south east of Stafford in Staffordshire, or from Litchfield in Hampshire. The former place, first recorded as Letocetum in the Romano British period, and as… … Surnames reference
