Middle English Dictionary Entry
shat n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shat n. Also (SEM) sat & (early) sceat, scat, scete, sced, (infl.) sceatte & (error) schuth; pl. (early) sceattes, -as, -æs. |
| Etymology | OE sceatt, scæt, scet, sceth; cp. ME cherset n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ishat n., scat n.
1.
(a) Money, treasure; -- also pl.; (b) goods, property; -- also pl.; on ~, in property; (c) a portion; ~ ful.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)32/26 : Se larðeaw byð culfre cepe þe nele þa gyfe þe him God forgeaf, buten his gearnungen, oðre mannen bute sceatte nytte don.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)50/35 : Bringeð eowre sceattes, & uten cunnigen, gyf we mugen, þone reðen wiðersaca on his geancerre gegladigen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/6 : Ealæ, ðu yfelæ ðeowæ, ic forȝeaf þe ðone sceat, swa swa ðu me bæde.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/27 : He wearð þa bitæht..þam stiðum witnerum..oððet he forȝylde alne þone sceat.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)56/14 : Þa unrihtwisæn ȝitseræs..heoræ sceattæs syllæð..hwanon heo maȝon þa..gold ȝeeacniæn.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)795 : Ðor wunede abram in welðe and in frið..God gaf him ðor siluer and gold And hird and orf and srud and sat.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)881 : Wifes and childre and srud and sat He brogte agen and mikel he bat.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3169 : Quat-so he boden, sruð or sat, Egipte folc hem lenen ðat.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1069 : He & Eadgar æðeling & fela hund manna mid heom..ferdon to Eofer wic..& of slogon fela hund manna & to scipe læddon sceattas fela.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1070 : Hi namen þære swa mycele gold & seolfre & swa manega gersumas on sceat..swa nan man ne mæi oðer tællen.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)367 : Ne sal þer ben naðer scat [McC: schat; Dgb: scete; Eg(1): sced] ne srud ne wereldes wele none.
- a1300(OE) Deed Crediton (CotR 2.11)119 : Þat he habbe his deis [and] ouer his deis be-queþe þane schuth [OE sceat] þan þe him luuest bu.
c
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)89/17 : Þanne hit wearm si, ȝemeng eac þarto huniȝ & ecede; syle þri sceattes [OE scenceas, vr. sceattas; L obolos] fulle.