schite

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English sċitte, *sċite, from Proto-West Germanic *skittjā, *skiti, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz.

Forms with /iː/ are influenced by schiten; for a similar phenomenon, compare chyne (“crack”).

Alternative forms

• schit, schute, schyt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃit(ə)/, /ˈʃeːt(ə)/, /ˈʃiːt(ə)/

Noun

schite (uncountable)

1. (rare, possibly vulgar) diarrhoea (especially of animals)

Usage notes

• Though this term is seldom attested in the surviving Middle English corpus, this may be because it was perceived as vulgar (like its modern English and Scots descendants) rather than because it was rare in the spoken language.

Related terms

• schiten
• schiterow

Descendants

• English: shit, shite
• Scots: shit

References

• “shit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

schite

1. Alternative form of schiten

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• skitj (Föhr-Amrum)
• skit (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skītan.

Pronunciation

• (Mooring) IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪtʰə]

Verb

schite

1. (Mooring) to shit, defecate

Conjugation

Conjugation of schite (Mooring dialect)

infinitive I	schite
infinitive II	(tu) schiten
infinitive III	än schit
past participle	schan
imperative	schit
	present	past
1st-person singular	schit	schiitj
2nd-person singular	schatst	schiitjst
3rd-person singular	schat	schiitj
plural	schite	schiitjen
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	hääw schan	häi schan
2nd-person singular	hääst schan	häist schan
3rd-person singular	heet schan	häi schan
plural	hääwe schan	häin schan
	future (schale)	future (wårde)
1st-person singular	schal schite	wård schite
2nd-person singular	schäät schite	wårst schite
3rd-person singular	schal schite	wårt schite
plural	schan schite	wårde schite

Related terms

• schit