scræf

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Hana Videen

scræf, n.n: a cave, cavern, hollow place in the earth; a miserable dwelling, a den. (SKRAFF / ˈskɹæf)

cave — British Library Medieval Manuscripts blog: St John sitting in a cave on the island of Patmos, from a German Apocalypse, early 14th century, Add MS 15243, f. 2v.

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Fred de Vries (@fredvries)

September 10, 2015 at 11:24 am Reply

Modern Dutch ‘schrapen’ can be translated into ‘to scrape’ but it has connotations with poverty too. In my hometown of Harlingen we call someone who is a miser a ‘skraper’.

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