Middle English Dictionary Entry
Scithe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Scithe n. Also (Latinate) scita, citha; pl. scithes, scitas, -is. |
| Etymology | L Scythēs, Scytha & OF Scite. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A Scythian.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Col.3.11 : Wher is not male and female, hethen man and Jew..barbar and Scita [Paul.Epist.: cytha; L Scytha]..but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)22 : In this same ȝere began the kyngdam of that puple whech thei clepe Scitas.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)43/34 : What was the distruccion of the Vngariens, of the Scithes, and of the Barbares?
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)152/4 : Remembir..the people also callid Scytis [CQ(1): Scithiens; F Scite], which helde warre ayeinst Kyng Darye of Perce.