1 SKAUF
n. [A. S. sceâf; Engl. sheaf; O. H. G. scoub], prop. a sheaf of corn; it exists in Dan. local names, e. g. Skevinge; this sense is, however, obsolete, and the word is used,
2 SKAUF
2. metaph. a ‘sheaf-like’ tail, a fox’s brush; refinum er nú dregr skaufit með landinu, Fagrsk. 47.