# Scaife

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #79,039

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
From Old Norse skeifr (“awry, difficult”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scaife