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Old English · adjective

Scyttisc

Normalised Scyttisċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈskyt.tiʃ/
Syllables
ˈskyt · tiʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
scotsscottishscotchbritaingaelicirishscots gaelicgaelic-speaking

Scyttisc1 · adjective

Senses

  1. Scottish (of the Scottish people of northern Britain)

    ⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisces cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe. And he re

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  2. Irish (of the Gaelic-speaking people of Ireland and Scotland)

  3. a Scot or Irish person

Declension

Scyttisc2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. Scots Gaelic

  2. Irish

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of Scyttisc
Singular
Nominative Scyttisċ
Accusative Scyttisċ
Genitive Scyttisċes
Dative Scyttisċe

All forms (10)

Etymology

Scott + -isċ

Descendants

scotch, scots, scottish

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