Old English · noun

sceo

Normalised sċēo

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ʃe͜oː/
Syllables: ʃe͜oː (1 syllable)
Modern English: cloud

Meaning

cloud

Declension

Declension of sceo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċēo	sċēon
Accusative	sċēon	sċēon
Genitive	sċēon	sċēona
Dative	sċēon	sċēom sċēoum

All forms (5)

sċēo
sċēon
sċēona
sċēom
sċēoum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skiwō, from Proto-Germanic *skiwô, *skiwją (“cloud, cloud cover, haze”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognate with Old Saxon scio, skio, skeo (“light cloud cover”), Old Norse ský (“cloud”), Old Irish ceó (“sky”).

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