sherte

Middle English

Alternative forms

schuyrte, schert, shert, schurte, shurte, sserte, schirte, schyrt, scherte, shearte, shyrte, shirt
scurte (early southern west mid)

Etymology

From Old English sċyrte. Doublet of skyrte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛrt(ə)/, /ˈʃirt(ə)/, /ˈʃurt(ə)/

Noun

sherte (plural shertes)

A shirt (garment for the top of the body)
(rare) A skirting; a hem (the border of an item of clothing)

Derived terms

sherten

Descendants

English: shirt (see there for further descendants)
Scots: schirt, shurt
Yola: shoorth, skoorth

References

“shirt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

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