Old English · proper noun
Scott
Normalised Sċott
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ʃott/[ʃot]
- Syllables
- ʃott (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- scotirishman
Meaning
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A Scot
An. DCCCCXLV Hēr Ēadmund cyning oferhergode eall Cumbraland, ⁊ hit lēt eall tō Malculme Sċotta cinge on þæt ġerād þæt hē wǣre his midwyrhta æġþer ġe on sǣ ġe on lande.
Year 945 In this year King Edmund overran all of Cumberland, and let it all to King Malcom of the Scots, on the condition that he would be his cooperator on both sea and land.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -
An Irishman
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Latin Scōtī, or from the same source.
Descendants
scot
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