The story
- Old Norse · derived fromskraki“diving duck”
- English todayScargill
Recorded as Scracreghil in the Domesday Book, from Old Norse skraki (“diving duck”) + gil (“valley, ravine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scargill
Today it means: A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ050106). Full definition →
Old Norse skraki