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Scalford

Scalford proper noun: a village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7624).

Proper noun

Scalford

  1. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7624).

Origin of Scalford

From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Shalford and Shelford. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Questions about Scalford

What does Scalford mean?
Scalford means a village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7624).
What part of speech is Scalford?
Scalford is a proper noun.

Words near Scalford in the dictionary

  1. scaleworms
  2. scalewort
  3. scaley
  4. scaleys
  5. Scalf
  6. Scalford
  7. Scalfs
  8. Scali
  9. Scalia
  10. Scalian
  11. Scalians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scalford (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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