sceaþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz, possibly from a root *skaiþ- (“divide, separate”), based on the notion of a split stick with a sword blade inserted; compare *skaiþaną (“separate”).

Compare Old Frisian skethe, Old Saxon scethia, Old High German sceida, skaida, Old Norse skeið, skeiðir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæ͜ɑːθ/

Noun

sċēaþ f

1. sheath

Descendants

• Middle English: shethe, sheith, sethe, chethe, shede, ssethe; scæðe, scaþe, seaþe
  • English: sheath
  • Yola: shaadh