sceat

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English sceatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

sceat (plural sceats)

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

Alternative forms

• sceatt

Anagrams

• Cates, Stace, caste, cates, scate, taces

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): /ʃæ͜ɑːt/

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
     [to] the corners of the Earth, then comes [back] to me
     wanting and unsatisfied ...

2. nook, area, region
3. lap, bosom
4. bay

Declension

Declension of sceat (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċēat	sċēatas
accusative	sċēat	sċēatas
genitive	sċēates	sċēata
dative	sċēate	sċēatum