Scyrte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scyrte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (-a; Related words:

Definitions

1 scyrte

m. ?), an; f. A short garment, skirt, kirtle:--Scyrtan pretexta, tunecan togae, Germ. 393, 143. [He ches stiue here to shurte and gret sac to curtle, O. E. Homl. ii. 139, 16. Arður warp an his rugge a ræf swiðe deore, ænne cheisil scurte & ænne pallene curtel, Laym. 23761. He broucte bred in his shirte or in his couel, Havel. 768. He yaf ofte his kertel and his sserte to þe poure, Ayenb. 191, 9. M. H. Ger. schurz: Ger. schurz an apron: Icel. skyrta a kind of kirtle.] scyrte

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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