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Old English · noun

sceat

Normalised sċēat

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ʃæ͜ɑːt/
Syllables
ʃæ͜ɑːt (1 syllable)
Modern English
cornersheetprojectionareanookanglelapregion

Meaning

  1. corner, angle, projection

    ofer hwæles eþel || hweorfeð wide, eorþan sceatas, || cymeð eft to me

    My spirit, amid sea-flood, over the whale's estate, wanders far [to] the corners of the Earth, then comes [back] to me wanting and unsatisfied...

    Min modsefa || mid mereflode

  2. nook, area, region

  3. lap, bosom

  4. bay

Declension

Declension of sceat
SingularPlural
Nominative sċēatsċēatas
Accusative sċēatsċēatas
Genitive sċēatessċēata
Dative sċēatesċēatum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skautaz. Cognate with Old Frisian skat, Middle Dutch scoot (Dutch schoot), Old High German scōz (German Schoß), Old Norse skaut (Danish skød), Gothic (skauta).

Descendants

sheet

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