schyd
Middle English
Alternative forms
- chyde, scheyde, schide, schudde, schyde, schyyd, shide, shyde, syde, szhide
- sid, scid (early)
Etymology
From Old English sċīd, from Proto-West Germanic *skīd, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːd/
Noun
schyd (plural schydes)
- A wooden board, especially a small one.
- A splinter; a wood fragment.
- Firewood; wood used for combustion.
- A unit of measure used for sawed wood.
Descendants
- English: shide (obsolete)
- Middle Scots: schide, schyde
References
- “shīd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-23.