English Explanatory Dictionary

scaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of skaw (“promontory”).
noun
  1. A wood or forest; a shaw.
noun
  1. An elder tree.

Word forms

scaw scaws

Etymology

From Middle English scogh, scough, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic *skōgaz. Compare Faroese skógur, Icelandic skógur, Swedish skog.

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