English Explanatory Dictionary

Screveton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7343).

Word forms

Screveton

Etymology

From Old English sċīrġerēfa (“sheriff, chief officer of a shire”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); the initial Sc-, instead of Sh-, is due to Scandinavian influence.

Related words

Screaton
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