Skerwink

skerwink n Sherwink Point, SKERWINK POINT (NTS Old Perlican) . . . The name is repeated in Skerwink Head (NTS Trinity) . . . . but a first recording of the name as late as 1689 (or 1675) lends support to a conjectural derivation from either skirwink - to pare off turf for burning, an obsolete Devon...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55591
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/55591 2023-12-31T10:19:19+01:00 Skerwink 1972/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55591 eng eng S 1971 SEARY Avalon Peninsula 75 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16005 S_16005_skerwink n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55591 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z skerwink n Sherwink Point, SKERWINK POINT (NTS Old Perlican) . . . The name is repeated in Skerwink Head (NTS Trinity) . . . . but a first recording of the name as late as 1689 (or 1675) lends support to a conjectural derivation from either skirwink - to pare off turf for burning, an obsolete Devon dialect word, or scurwink - a kind of sea-bird, a shearwater, also known as haigdown or hagdown. PRINTED ITEM JAN 1972 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used scurwink, spurwink, Shearwater, HAGDOWN, skirwink. The source is not listed in DNE but the card is stamped. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Skerwink
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description skerwink n Sherwink Point, SKERWINK POINT (NTS Old Perlican) . . . The name is repeated in Skerwink Head (NTS Trinity) . . . . but a first recording of the name as late as 1689 (or 1675) lends support to a conjectural derivation from either skirwink - to pare off turf for burning, an obsolete Devon dialect word, or scurwink - a kind of sea-bird, a shearwater, also known as haigdown or hagdown. PRINTED ITEM JAN 1972 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used scurwink, spurwink, Shearwater, HAGDOWN, skirwink. The source is not listed in DNE but the card is stamped.
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title Skerwink
title_short Skerwink
title_full Skerwink
title_fullStr Skerwink
title_full_unstemmed Skerwink
title_sort skerwink
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/55591
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1971 SEARY Avalon Peninsula 75
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16005
S_16005_skerwink n
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