scran

/skɹan/

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.

noun

  1. Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.“Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!”
  2. Refuse; rubbish.

verb

  1. To eat.“2026 March 28, George Sandeman and Olivia Hutchinson, Tiramisu hot cross buns, doughnut eggs: Have Easter treats gone too far? (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyenwrz23go Creme eggs have been delighting - or not, depending on your palate - British tastebuds for more than 50 years. "I scran them up so fast," says Ethan in Manchester, who is on his way to a gym session.”
  2. To steal in a mischievous manner; pinch, nick.