scurry (v.)
1810, perhaps from hurry-scurry (1732), a reduplication of hurry.
scuttle (v.1)
"scamper, scurry," c.1450, probably related to scud (q.v.).
hurry (v.)
1590, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often, perhaps a W.Midlands sense of M.E. hurren "to vibrate rapidly, buzz," from P.Gmc. *khurza "to move with haste" (cf. M.H.G. hurren "to whir, move fast," O.Swed. hurra "to whirl round"), which also perhaps is the root of hurl. The noun is 1600, from the verb. Reduplicated form hurry-scurry is from 1732.

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AnnaStrophic: And of course, I can only relate all this to eggcorn.:


You mean to eggcornize the acorn?( sponsored by Tomahawks Squirrel Traps ? ) It's a very good one btw , the closest to eggcorn eggcorn you can get (sorry, I was slow to see this)

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of Troy : I looked up in Van Dale, the Dutch holy language scripture and found the word 'mast' still alive in the same meaning as the English word 'mast'(same pron.): "swine food". Maybe only hunters and foresters still know the word.