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Meaning of Scylfe from wikipedia

- originates in late 14th century Middle English. The word is from the Old English scylfe; similar to Low German schelf meaning shelf and Old Norse -skjalf meaning...
- dynastic names Scylfing/Skilfingr. It may derive from the equivalent of OE scylfe ("shelf, ledge"), possibly meaning "rock- or cave-man", or it might derive...
- Modern English, Scots has retained the original pronunciation (e.g. OE sċylfe, 'shelf', became skelf). Old English /s/ became /ʃ/ when adjacent to a front...