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)

1. A wooden board, especially a small one.
2. A splinter; a wood fragment.
3. Firewood; wood used for combustion.
4. 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 23 July 2019.