shud

English

Etymology 1

From the Late Middle English schudde.

Noun

shud (plural shuds)

1. (obsolete outside West Country, Derbyshire, East Anglia, Herefordshire, Yorkshire) A shed.

References

“shud” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2

See should.

Verb

shud

1. nonstandard or archaic spelling of should

Anagrams

• HUDs, dush, huds

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish siúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːd/

Pronoun

shud

1. that (implies distance)
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:

     Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."

     Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."

Derived terms

• shud with

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67