scug

Meanings

Noun

• Shade, shadow.
• A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
• A squirrel.
• A lower-school or inferior boy.

Verb

• To shelter; to protect.
• To hide; to take shelter.

Origin

• Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô. Cognate with Icelandic skuggi, Swedish skugga, Danish skygge, Old English sċūa, sċūwa.