scucca

== Old English == === Alternative forms === sċeocca, sċocca, sċeucca === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skuh-, from *skiuhijaną ("to frighten"; see *skeuhaz (“frightened”)) +‎ -ga or +‎ -ca. Cognate with German Scheuche (“scarecrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃuk.kɑ/ === Noun === sċucca m an evil spirit; demon; devil Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: schucke ⇒? English: shuck ⇒? English: shuckish