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scarfEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗scarfEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗scarfEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗scarfEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Generally thought to be a variant, attested since the 1950s, of scoff (“eat (quickly)”) (of which scorf is another attested variant), itself a variant of scaff. Sometimes alternatively suggested to be a dialectal survival of Old English scearfian, sceorfan (“gnaw, bite”) (compare scurf).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗scarfEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Old Norse skarfr.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- ScarfEnglish · e-38700-623
Scarf, skärf, n. a light decorative piece of dress worn loosely on the shoulders or as a band about the neck: a light handkerchief for the neck: a cravat:—pl. Scarfs, Scarves (obs.).—v.t. to cover, as if with a scarf.—ad
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Scarf, skärf, v.t. to join two pieces of timber endwise, so that they may appear to be used as one: to flay the skin from a whale.—n. in carpentry, a joint whose ends are united so as to form a continuous piece.—ns. Scar
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Scarf, skärf, n. the cormorant—(Scot.) Scart, Skart. [Ice. skarfr.]
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