English Explanatory Dictionary

Scargill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106).
  2. A rural settlement in north Canterbury, New Zealand.
  3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Scargill Scargills

Etymology

Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).

Derived words

Scargillian
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