"scaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scaws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaw (plural scaws)
  1. Alternative form of skaw (“promontory”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: skaw (extra: promontory)
    Sense id: en-scaw-en-noun-gV7TZn3d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: scaws [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English scogh, scough, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz. Compare Faroese skógur, Icelandic skógur, Swedish skog. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scogh}} Middle English scogh, {{m|enm|scough}} scough, {{der|en|non|skógr}} Old Norse skógr, {{der|en|gem-pro|*skōgaz}} Proto-Germanic *skōgaz, {{cog|fo|skógur}} Faroese skógur, {{cog|is|skógur}} Icelandic skógur, {{cog|sv|skog}} Swedish skog Head templates: {{en-noun}} scaw (plural scaws)
  1. (dialectal) A wood or forest; a shaw. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-scaw-en-noun-qiiJoib6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scaw meaning in English (1.8kB)

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