scurf
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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scurf Late OE., prob. alt. of
sċeorf by the influence of ON. *
skurfr, implicit in
skurfóttr scurfy, f. base allied to that of OE.
sċeorfan gnaw,
sċeorfian cut into shreds.
Hence
scurfy (
-Y1) XVII (isolated ex. XV).
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