different between scran vs scraw

English

Alternative forms

• skran (Scotland)

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”).

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /sk?an/

Noun

scran (uncountable)

1. (slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

   Synonyms: (Geordie) scrawn; see also Thesaurus:food

2. refuse; rubbish

Derived terms

• bad scran to someone
• scrannish

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Verb

scran (third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned)

1. (slang, Liverpudlian) to eat

Anagrams

• Carns, cRNAs, carns, crans, crnas, narcs, scRNA, scarn, scrna

English

Etymology

From Irish scrath (“a turf”), sgraith (“a turf, green sod”), akin to Scottish Gaelic sgrath, sgroth (“the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod”).

Noun

scraw (plural scraws)

1. A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
2. A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

Anagrams

• Craws, craws