1 soeóh
adj. I. shy, timid, fearful: -- Nú mín hreðer is hreóh, heówsíþum sceóh, Exon. Th. 354, 10 ; Reim. 43. II. wanton (?):-- Ðæs sción petulantis (peculantis, Wrt. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 24. [Lokeð þet ȝe ne beon nout iliche þe horse þet is scheouh, and blencheð nor one scheadewe . . . To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt. ParM. H. Ger. schiech fugax, pavidus. Cf. O. H. Ger. sciuhen expavescere, terrere: Ger. scheuchen to scare: scheuche a bugbear: Dan. sky fear.]