SKARFR
nafnorðkarlkyn
m. [Shetl. scarf; Scot. scart]:—properly the green cormorant, pelicanus graculus, L., Edda (Gl.); topp-skarfr, the crested cormorant, p. ater capite cristato, Eggert Itin. 554; díla-skarfr, the common cormorant, p. carbo, L., Eggcrt Itin. 556, passim: also of other sea-fowl, grá-s., the grey gull, larus canus, L., Eggert Itin. 555:—as a nickname, Dropl. 21, Landn., Dipl. ii. 5.
II. freq. in local names, Skarfa-klettr, Skarfa-hóll. skarfa-kál, n., botan. cochlearia, scurvy-grass, Eggert Itin. 321, a plant which grows on rocky sea-shores, good against scorbutic diseases.