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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
sgòr, sgòrr, a sharp rock; from Sc. scaur, Eng. scar, cliff, of Scandinavian origin, Norse sker, skerry; O. H. G. scorra, rock; further Eng. shore, Ag. S. score. See sgeir further.
sgòrnan, a throat, Ir. scornán:
sgot, a spot, blemish, small farm; cf. Sc. shot, a spot or plot of ground.
sgoth, a boat, skiff, a Norway skiff; from Scandinavian - Dan. skude, Norse skúta, a cutter, small craft.
†sgoth, a flower, Ir. sgoth; Lat. scateo, gush (St. Zeit.33.
sgrabach, rough, ragged, Ir. sgrábach, sgrabach (Lh.); from Eng. scrap, sgrappy, Norse skrap, scraps.
sgrabaire, the Greenland dove; hence Sc. scraber.
sgragall, gold-foil, spangle (Sh., Lh., etc.; not M'A. or M'E.), Ir. sgragall:
sgraideag, small morsel, diminutive woman, Ir. sgraideóg. M'A. gives sgràid, a hag, old cow or mare, and H.S.D. sgraidht (do.). Cf. Sc. scradyn, a puny, sickly child, scrat, a puny person, Norse skratti, wizard, goblin.
sgraig, hit one a blow:
sgràill (sgraill, H.S.D.), rail at, abuse:
sgraing, a scowling look, niggardliness; I. E. sqrenꬶo-, shrink; Eng. shrink; Gr. κράμβος, blight.
sgràist, a sluggard, Ir. scraiste (Lh., etc.):
sgrait, a shred, rag:
sgràl, a host, a large number of minute things (Heb.); cf. sgriothail.
sgrath, outer skin or rind, turf (for roofing, etc.), Ir. sgraith, green sward, sod, sgraithim, I pare off the surface, W. ysgraf, what pares off, ysgrawen, hard crust; cf. Norse skrá, dry skin, scroll (*skrava), Sc. scra, a divot (Dumfries).
sgrathail, destructive, Ir., sgraiteamhuil (O'R.):
sgreab, a scab, blotch, crust, Ir. sgreabóg, a crust; from Eng. scrape?
sgread, a screech, cry, Ir. sgread, M. Ir. scret: *skriddo-, W. ysgri, root skri, skrei; O. H. G. scrīan, cry, Ger. schrei, Eng. scream, screech; Lat. screô (= screjô), a hawk.
sgreag, dry, parch; from the Scandinavian - Norwegian skrekka, shrink, parch, Swed. skraka, a great dry tree, Eng. shrink, scraggy (from Scandinavian).
sgreamh, abhorence, disgust, Ir. screamh: *skrimo-, root skri, skrei; Norse skrœma, scare away, Swed. skräma, Dan. skrœmme.
sgreamh, thin scum or rind, ugly skin (M'A.); root skṛ of sgar.
sgreang, a wrinkle: *skrengo-, I. E. sqrenꬶ, shrink; Eng. shrink (Dr Cameron). See sgraing.
