scawn.

/skɔː/

Forms: Also skaw.

Etymology: Shetland dialect, representing Old Norse skage.

A promontory.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun]

starteOE

nessOE

snookc1236

head1315

bill1382

foreland?a1400

capec1405

nook?a1425

mull1429

headland?c1475

point?c1475

nese1497

peak1548

promontory1548

arma1552

reach1562

butt1598

promontorea1600

horn1601

naze1605

promonta1607

bay1611

abutment1613

promontorium1621

noup1701

lingula1753

scaw1821

tang1822

odd1869

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 202 A child might travel with a purse of gold from Sumburgh-head to the Scaw of Unst, and no soul would injure him.

1842 H. W. Longfellow Skeleton in Armour xiv Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scaw
释义	scawn. /skɔː/ Forms: Also skaw. Etymology: Shetland dialect, representing Old Norse skage. A promontory. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] starteOE nessOE snookc1236 head1315 bill1382 foreland?a1400 capec1405 nook?a1425 mull1429 headland?c1475 point?c1475 nese1497 peak1548 promontory1548 arma1552 reach1562 butt1598 promontorea1600 horn1601 naze1605 promonta1607 bay1611 abutment1613 promontorium1621 noup1701 lingula1753 scaw1821 tang1822 odd1869 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 202 A child might travel with a purse of gold from Sumburgh-head to the Scaw of Unst, and no soul would injure him. 1842 H. W. Longfellow Skeleton in Armour xiv Yet we were gaining fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty Skaw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1821
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