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From Middle Irish scén.[2]
scéin f (genitive singular scéine)
- fright, terror, fear
- Synonyms: eagla, faitíos, scanradh, sceimhle, uamhan
- wild look
- ^ “scéin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 116, page 62
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sceon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 607
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “scéan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “sceoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “scéin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
