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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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†SKRIVLE, v. Also screevel-, skreevle, skrøvl, skrüvl, skruiffl-. To put hay or corn into small cocks or stacks, esp. in vbl.n. skrivlin, skreevlin, screevelin, skrøvlin, a small haycock or corn-stack (see 1908 quot.) (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 201, 1866 Edm. Gl.). Deriv. skruiffleck, a small stack of peat drying out for the winter (Sh. 1962). [skrivl, skrøvl]Sh. 1898 Shetland News (15 Oct.):
Der har'ly a shaef round about wiz at's no in skrövlins. . . . I wid geng furt eenoo an' skrövl what we could.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
The first small pile (of corn) stacked up in the field is called snapp; the next, somewhat larger, skrivlin.