schyd

Middle English

Alternative forms

chyde, scheyde, schide, schudde, schyde, schyyd, shide, shyde, syde, szhide
sid, scid (Early Middle English)

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.

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