schuldre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sholder, shulder, schulder, scholder, ssoldre, ssuldre, scholdur, sculdre, schuldyr, sholdre, schuldir

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 as a region of the body).
   • 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.

2. (figurative) One's strength or carrying capacity.
3. The shoulder as a cut of meat; the meat surrounding the shoulder as food.
4. The part of a piece of clothing which surrounds the shoulder.
5. The scapula (bone behind the shoulder).
6. (rare) A downwards slope from a rise.
7. (rare) A supporting stand.

Derived terms

• schulder-blade
• schulder bone
• schulderen
• schulderyng

Descendants

• English: shoulder
• Scots: schulder, schoulder, schouldir, schuder
• Yola: shuller

References

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