schuldre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scholder, scholdour, scholdur, schoulder, schulder, schuldir, schuldyr, sculdre, sholder, sholdir, sholdre, shulder, shuldur, ssoldre, ssuldre

Etymology

From Old English sċuldra, sċuldor, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuldər/, /ˈʃɔldər/, /ˈʃuldrə/

Noun

schuldre (plural schuldres or schuldren)

1. The shoulder (as a joint or bodily region):
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 9:23”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And ſotheli Sem and Jafeth puttiden a mentil on her ſchuldris, and thei ȝeden bacward, and hileden the ſchameful membris of her fadir, and her faces weren turned awei, and thei ſien not the priuy membris of her fadir.

     Due to that, Shem and Japheth put a mantle on their shoulders, and they went backwards and covered their father's nether regions, so that they didn't see their father's privates.

   1. (figurative) One's strength or carrying capacity.
   2. The shoulder (cut of meat)
2. The part of a garment that covers the shoulder.
3. The scapula (bone behind the shoulder).
4. (rare, landform) A downwards slope
5. (rare) A support or buttress.

Derived terms

• schuldre blad
• schuldre bon
• schulderen
• schulderyng

Descendants

• English: shoulder
• Middle Scots: schulder, schoulder, schouldir, schuder
  • Scots: shouder, shooder, shouther, shoother, shidder
• Yola: shuller

References

• “shulder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-29.