# scran

> English word · Noun · IPA /skɹan/

## Definitions
1. Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
2. Refuse; rubbish.

## Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scran