Scaftworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Scaftworth
Historical Forms
- Scafteorde 1086 DB
- Scaftworđ 1202 P
- Skaftewrth' 1226 FF 1270 Ebor
- Skafteworth 1323 Ass
- Scaftewrthe 1236 FF
- Scafteword 1281 Cl
- Scafteworth 1315 Ass
- Skaftworth 1302 1384 Cl
- Scaftworth juxta Everton 1323 FF
- Schaftard 1225 HCY 14th
- Schafteworth 1268 Ebor 1280 FF
- Schaftesworth 1280 Ass
- Schaftw(o)rth(e) 1300 Misc
- Shaftworth 1317 FF
- Scaffworth 1542 LP
- Schafforthe 1552 Wills
- Scaftworth al. Scaffworth 1638 Recov
Etymology
There is a good deal of evidence for a personal name element Sceaft in OE. We may note the compounds Sce (a )fthere (Widsith and BCS 77), Sceftwine (ib. 111), the uncompounded Sceaft which would seem to be found in Sceafteshangra (ib. 629), a derivative Sceaftel in Sceaftlesora (ib. 982) and a derivative Sceaften in Shaftesbury (Ekwall, Studies , 12). The element weorð may in the first instance have been compounded with OE Sceaft (a ). Later this may have been Scandinavianised to Skaft -, or we may have actual substitution of the OScand personal name Skapti , Skafti .