scherd
Middle English
Alternative forms
- scheard, scheord, scherde, schord, shard, sherd, sherde
Etymology
From Old English sċeard, from Proto-West Germanic *skard, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Doublet of scarth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛrd/, /ʃɛːrd/, /ʃard/, /ʃoːrd/
Noun
scherd (plural scherdes)
- A shard of pottery or clayware.
- A container made of clay or similar material.
- A dent or hole in something.
- (rare) A scale or flake.
Descendants
- English: shard, sherd
- Scots: shaird
- Yola: sheardhe, sheardh, shearde, sharde
References
- “sherd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.