English
Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow comes from Old Norse Skalpaflói ‘bay of the long isthmus’.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Skalpaflói‘bay of the long isthmus’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Scapa Flow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Skalpaflói‘bay of the long isthmus’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021Scapa Flow
Earliest quotation: 2021, Paul Stephen, Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line: “Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic…”
Every English word from Old Norse Skalpaflói
Today it means
name A body of sheltered water between islands in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Skalpaflói / Scapa Flow