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also be from Alexander; for Pryce renders Vellan-Saundry, Alexander's mill.

SAYER. From root of Soor, q. v. Treganyan in St. Michael Penkevil was anciently the seat of the Sayers.

SCABERIUS. Scawen translates this name, "sweepers or sweeping;" and gives as the arms of the family, three broom besoms. Polwhele translates scaberias, "a barn." If so, it comes from root of Skyburiow, q. v.

SCARDON. From car-don, the rocky hill.

SCAWAN, SCAWEN, SCAWIN, SCAWN, SCOWEN, SCOWN. From a place of the same name; from scauan, an elder-tree. Hals derives the word scauan from Gr. σκοβιεμ, sambucus, ebulus, the elder-tree; and he says that, suitably to its name, this family has for its arms, "Argent, a scawen, or elder-tree, vert." The Scawens anciently dwelt at Millinike in St. Germans.

SCOBELL. This family have flourished for many generations in Cornwall and Devon. The first on record in Thomas de Scobbahull, sheriff of Devonshire in 1291. The name is also found written Scobhull, Scobhill, Scobbel, Scobel, Schobell, Scobhall, Shovel, and Scoble, and, according to Hals, signifies in Cornish the broom-plant. I doubt much its Cornish origin, and think it may be the same as Scovell (H. R. De Scoville, De Scovile), from Escoville, now Ecoville, arrond. Caen, Normandy.

SCORSE. From korsen, a reed, stalk; in composition, kors. Cf. the local name Penkors. There is a place called Scoresham in Launcells.

SCOWEN, SCOWN. See Scawan.

SEELEG. See Silk.

SELDON. As a Cornish name, from sel-don, prospect hill.