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Scathlock Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian), found in the Notts Hundred-Rolls as Scatheloc, may be a compound of Skaði [cp. Old Norse skaði, scathe,harm] (the Norse goddess who fixed the snake over Loki) and Old Norse lokk-r, a lock of hair. It seems to have been the real surname of Will Scarlet (v.

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(Scandinavian), found in the Notts Hundred-Rolls as Scatheloc, may be a compound of Skaði [cp. Old Norse skaði, scathe,harm] (the Norse goddess who fixed the snake over Loki) and Old Norse lokk-r, a lock of hair. It seems to have been the real surname of Will Scarlet (v. under Scarlett)— Johne, and Moche, and Wylle Scathlok.— Robyn Hode and the Munke, 253.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

SCATHLOCK: A correspondent observes, that this is a Sherwood Forest name, and that the "Robin Hood names" still linger in forest districts. Scathelock, Scatheloc. H.R.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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