sceat
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
- IPA(key): /ʃæːɑt/
Noun
sċēat m
- 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 / [to] the corners of the Earth, then comes [back] to me / wanting and unsatisfied ...
- Min modsefa || mid mereflode / ofer hwæles eþel || hweorfeð wide, / eorþan sceatas, || cymeð eft to me / gifre ond grædig ...
- The Seafarer, lines: 59-62
- nook, area, region
- lap, bosom
- bay
Declension
Declension of sceat (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sċēat | sċēatas |
accusative | sċēat | sċēatas |
genitive | sċēates | sċēata |
dative | sċēate | sċēatum |
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