scriddan
scriddan · scriddans
A kind of landslide in which rain loosens the side of a mountain or hill and rocks…A kind of landslide in which rain loosens the side of a mountain or hill and rocks slide down.
Значення
значень: 1(Шотландія, рідковживане)A kind of landslide in which rain loosens the side of a mountain or hill and rocks slide down.
Походження
A relation to Old Norse skriða (“landslide, scree”) or an unattested Old English cognate tA relation to Old Norse skriða (“landslide, scree”) or an unattested Old English cognate thereof, *scridan (plural of *scride), has been suggested, as has derivation from a Gaelic word sgriodan, itself perhaps from Norse. Compare scree.
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