Scausby
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brodsworth
Historical Forms
- Scalchebi 1086 DB
- Scalzbi c.1147 Dugdv
- Scalcebi, Scalceby 1156 YCh186 1166–94 1199 Ch 1232
- Scalubi 1173 YCh197
- Scaucebi, Scauceby 12 Pont 1196 P 13 1202–8 Ass 1205,1208,1221 FF 1246 Ass22 1247 YI 1257 Ch 1428 FA
- Skawceby 1246 Ass38d
- Scouceby 1303 Ebor
- Scawceby 1532 FF
- Scousby 1226 FF
- Scauteby 1316 Pat
- Scauseby 1316 Vill 1379 PT 1418 YI 1479 WillY
- Schauseby 1546 YChant
- Scausbye 1620 PRBrods
- Scawsby 1641 Rates
- Scorsby Hall 1771 M
Etymology
Although the DB form could suggest the ON pers.n. Skálkr (a byname from ON skálkr 'a slave', cf. LindN, LindBN) as first el., the very persistent medieval spellings with medial -ce - (which is a common spelling for -ts -, -ds - or -ðs -, cf. -s in EPN ii, 92) point rather to an original ON Skálds -bȳ 'Skald's farmstead', from the ON Skald , gen.sg. Skalds , a by-name from ON skáld 'a poet' (Lind BN), and bȳ . The ME -au - spellings are AN (cf. IPN 113§ 6), and the later -au - forms (finally represented by Scorsby ) are a normal dialectal development (cf. Phonol. § 6).