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Old High German
Etymology
scarna + fol. First element from Proto-Germanic *skarną (“filth, dung”), second from Proto-Germanic *fullą (“cup, beaker”), literally ‘cup of shit’. Attested in a 1003 AD charter as an apparent proof of vestigial knowledge of Lombardic long after the people had assimilated to Italo-Roman society.
Noun
scarnafol n
- (Lombardic, derogatory) shithead; dirty fellow; wastrel