sceat

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.

Pronunciation

Noun

sceat (plural sceats)

  1. (numismatics, historical) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver.

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Old English

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 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰 (skauta).

Pronunciation

Noun

sċēat m

  1. corner, angle, projection
    • The Seafarer, lines: 59-62
      Min modsefa || mid mereflode
      ofer hwæles eþel || hweorfeð wide,
      eorþan sceatas, || cymeð eft to me
      gifre ond grædig ...
      My spirit, amid sea-flood,
      over the whale's estate, wanders far
      the corners of the Earth, then comes to me
      wanting and unsatisfied ...
  2. nook, area, region
  3. lap, bosom
  4. bay

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