skene-dhu

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English

Noun

skene-dhu (plural skene-dhus)

  1. Alternative spelling of sgian dubh
    • 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Chronicles of the Canongate; , volume I (The Two Drovers), Edinburgh: [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 302:
      Give me my skene-dhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been half way to Stirling brig by this time—Give me my dirk, and let me go.
    • 1831, Andrew Picken, “The Deer-stalkers of Glenskiach. A Highland Legend.”, in , editor, The Club-book: Being Original Tales, &c.  (Harper’s Library of Select Novels; XIV), Harper’s stereotype edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: J & J Harper;  , →OCLC, chapter IX, page 133:
      In another moment claymores and skene-dhus gleamed in the grasp of several uplifted hands; [...]
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