scitte

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skittjā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃit.te/

Noun

sċitte f

1. loose stool, diarrhoea

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

	singular	plural
nominative	sċitte	sċittan
accusative	sċittan	sċittan
genitive	sċittan	sċittena
dative	sċittan	sċittum

Related terms

• besċītan
• sċītan
• *sċite
• sċitel

Descendants

• Middle English: shitte, schite, schit
  • English: shit
  • Scots: schit, shit