schide

Middle English

Alternative forms

schyde, shyde, shide, chyde, schyyd, szhide, syde, scheyde, schudde
(Early ME) sid, scid

Etymology

From Old English sċīd, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiːd/

Noun

schide (plural schides)

A wooden board, especially a small one.
A splinter; a wood fragment.
Firewood; wood utilised for burning.
A unit of measure used for sawed wood.

Descendants

English: shide (obsolete)
Scots: schide, schyde (obsolete)

References

“shīd(e, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-23.

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