- scéata
- m (-n/-n) 1. a corner, angle; 2. the lower corner of a sail; 3. bosom, lap; 4. a cloth, napkin; [Ger schote]
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norðscéata — m ( n/ n) northern point, promontory … Old to modern English dictionary
sheet — I. noun Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt Date: before 12th century 1. a. a broad piece of cloth; especially bedsheet b. sail 1a(1) 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sheet (sailing) — This article is about the sailing term. For other uses, see Sheet. The piece of chain running diagonally up and right from the bottom left of this picture to the upper of the two yards is the fore lower topsail sheet. Some of the lines on Prince… … Wikipedia
skeud- — To shoot, chase, throw. Derivatives include shoot, shut, and scuttle1. 1. shoot, from Old English scēotan, to shoot, from Germanic *skeutan, to shoot. 2. a. shot1, from Old English … Universalium
sheet — ‘cloth’ [OE] and sheet ‘rope attached to a sail’ [OE] are distinct words, although they have a common ancestor. This was the Germanic base *skaut , *skut ‘project’, which also produced English scot free, scuttle ‘sink a ship’, shoot, shot, shout … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Schote — Schote1 Sf Samenhülle std. (11. Jh.), spmhd. schōte, ahd. scōta, mndd. schode Stammwort. Hierzu wohl gt. skauda Schuh (gt. skauda raip Schuhriemen ), so daß von Umhüllung, Tasche, Schuh auszugehen ist. Vgl. Scheuer. ✎ Trier (1981), 101.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Schot — Schot(e)2 Sf Tau, mit dem ein Segel herangeholt wird per. Wortschatz fach. (18. Jh.) Stammwort. Übernommen aus dem Niederdeutschen: Mndd. schōte, ae. scēata m., anord. skaut n. Dies ist die Entsprechung zu Schoß1: Die Bezeichnung ist vom Zipfel… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
sheet — {{11}}sheet (n.1) O.E. sciete (W.Saxon), scete (Mercian) cloth, covering, from P.Gmc. *skautijon, from base *skauta project (Cf. O.N. skaut corner of cloth, Goth. skauts seam, hem of a garment; Du. schoot Ger. Schoß bo … Etymology dictionary
sheet — sheet1 noun 1》 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress or as a layer beneath blankets. 2》 a broad flat piece of metal or glass. 3》 a rectangular piece of paper. ↘a quantity of text or data on a … English new terms dictionary
sheet — I. /ʃit / (say sheet) noun 1. a large rectangular piece of linen, cotton, or other material, used as an article of bedding, commonly one of a pair spread immediately above and below the sleeper. 2. a broad, thin mass, layer, or covering. 3. a… …
