Middle English Dictionary Entry
skēne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | skēne n. Also sceine, (in surname) skein; pl. skenes, schan. |
| Etymology | Celt.: cp. OIr. scían, pl. scena. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of knife or dagger; irish ~; (b) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52235/27 : Pro j secure et ij schan pro dressing bord, xxxiij s.
- (1447-8) Shillingford78 : Meny..minesters..wyth swerdis, custellis, long knyvis, and yryssh skenes drawyn yn theire hondis.
- (1472) Will York in Sur.Soc.45202 : j baslard vocatum Iresch skene, bene ornatum cum auro et argento.
- c1500 Befor my deth (SeldArch B.24)48 : He that hold the sceyne vnto my clewe Is there agayn so fremmyt and vnkynd That bittirare ys nocht þe northin wynd.
b
- (1374-5) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.568 : Willelmo Skeynkill.