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Etymology

From the merger of Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”) and Proto-Germanic *skūraz (“rainshower”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-(e)ro-. Cognate with Old High German scūr, Old Norse skúr.

More Old English words

• sculan
• sculdra
• scunian
• scunung
• scurboga
• scurf
• scutel
• scyan

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