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Where does “screeb” come from?

screeb (Manx) comes from Old Irish scrípaid — scratches.

screeb (Manx): to scratch, scrape

Definitions

  1. to scratch, scrape

Ancestry of “screeb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishscrípaidscratches
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