See scavenger on Wiktionary
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Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). 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"1": "ML.", "2": "scewinga" }, "expansion": "Medieval Latin scewinga", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "odt", "3": "scauwōn", "t": "to inspect, to examinate, to look at" }, "expansion": "Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "", "3": "er", "id2": "agent noun" }, "expansion": "+ -er", "name": "suf" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "sċēawung", "t": "a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods" }, "expansion": "Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "schouwing", "t": "inspection" }, "expansion": "Dutch schouwing (“inspection”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show.", "forms": [ { "form": "scavengers", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "scavengering", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "scavengered", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "scavengered", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "scavenger (third-person singular simple present scavengers, present participle scavengering, simple past and past participle scavengered)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with archaic senses" ], "glosses": [ "To scavenge." ], "links": [ [ "scavenge", "scavenge" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(archaic) To scavenge." ], "tags": [ "archaic" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with archaic senses" ], "glosses": [ "To clean the rubbish from a street, etc." ], "links": [ [ "clean", "clean" ], [ "rubbish", "rubbish" ], [ "street", "street" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc." ], "tags": [ "archaic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "audio": "En-uk-scavenger.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-uk-scavenger.ogg/En-uk-scavenger.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-uk-scavenger.ogg" } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "obsolete" ], "word": "skavenger" } ], "word": "scavenger" }
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