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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Scharbe

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Scharbe
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Scharbe, f., ‘cormorant,’ from MidHG. scharbe, OHG. scarba, scarva, f., ‘diver, cormorant’; comp. OIc. skarfr, ‘pellicanus graculus’; AS. scrœf?.