scran

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
2. (uncountable) Refuse; rubbish.

Verb

1. (Scotland, slang) To eat.
2. (Northern-England, slang) To steal in an impish manner; pinch, nick.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/skɹan/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a islandés: skran

Relativo a dinamarqués: skrammel

In summary

Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.

Sinónimos

tackle