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Subject: Re: Etymology of "Scandrett?"
Author: Andy ;—)   (guest, 217.83.26.229)
Date: February 9, 2005 at 1:44:42 PM
Reply to: Etymology of "Scandrett?" by J Scandrett
This is all I found:

English (Hereford and Worcester): unexplained.

(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)

Not very helpful, I know …

And of course there is the Latin and Greek root "skand" meaning to jump up fast …

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