shenachie

Scots

Alternative forms

• schenachy (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots schenachy, from Irish seanchaí or Scottish Gaelic seanchaidh, from Old Irish senchaid.

Noun

shenachie (plural shenachies)

1. historian, storyteller

References

• “shenachie, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.