scræf

• sċreaf, sċref, sċraf

From Proto-Germanic *skrabą (“cave, cavern, pit”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), and thereby cognate with Latin scrobis (“ditch, trench”), and related to Old English scrapian (“to scrape”), screpan (“to scratch”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃræf/

sċræf n

1. cave, cavern
2. miserable dwelling: den, hell

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• dūnsċræf (“mountain-cavern”)
• eorþsċræf (“earth-cavern”)
• stānsċræf (“rock-cavern”)
• wītesċræf (“den of torment, hell”)

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