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Help[Surname] Re: English surname SCARFE
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
Sounds feasible, but no; it's from the Old Norse skarfr, meaning "cormorant". I assume it's a nickname. Paul Reaney "The Origin of English Surnames" writes, "The cormorant has not given us a surname but its Norse equivalent skarfr survives as Scarfe, 'ravenous'." So a nickname for someone who is always hungry?
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