DCHP-2

scrammed scranned, shrammed, schrammed, scrammy DCHP-2 (June 2016)

• 1 adj. — Newfoundland, possibly dated

  stiff with cold, numb.

  Type: 2. Preservation — As seen in EDD (s.v. "scram" (v3.1)), scrammed originally comes from West Country English, the varieties of southwestern England. The surge in immigrants to Newfoundland from this area in the 17th to 19th centuries resulted in many preservations from this particular dialect (Clarke 2010b: 6-7). OED-3, which marks the term as southwestern (s.v. "scram" (v.1)), cites the Old English verb "scrimman", meaning 'to shrink or shrivel', as the likely root for scrammed. Internet data shows that the variant shrammed is still used most frequently in the UK, with usage in Canada following close behind (see Chart 1).
  See also DNE, s.v. "scrammed" (1).

• 2 adj. — Newfoundland, obsolete

  stiff, cramped, or paralyzed from disease or injury.

  Type: 2. Preservation — As with meaning 1, scrammed in this sense is preserved from dialectal British English (EDD, s.v. "scram" (v3.2)). This particular meaning, however, is far less common in written sources than the meaning associated with 'cold' and was, even in its heyday in the 19th century, always much less frequent generally than meaning 1.
  See also DNE, s.v. "scrammed" (2).