Middle English Dictionary Entry
skẹ̄t(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | skẹ̄t(e adv. Also sckete, skette, squete & skēt(e. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI skjōtt, neut. adj. used as adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. shete adv.
1.
(a) Swiftly, quickly; soon; immediately, without delay; late ne ~, ever, in any circumstances; (b) in phrase: also (al) ~, very quickly, at once [cp. asket adv.]; (c) suddenly, without warning; (d) easily, readily; effortlessly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5407 : Þatt oþerr bede þatt mann bitt Uppo þe Paterr Nossterr..iss þatt Godess kinedom Sket mote wurrþenn awwnedd All all swillc i þiss middellærd Alls itt iss upp inn heoffne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13790 : He toc wiþþ þe Laferrd Swa raþe & sket & ec swa wel.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1926 : Sket cam tiding intil ubbe, Þat hauelok..slawen sixti and on.
- a1325(?c1300) NPass.(Cmb Gg.1.1)875 : Þe Ieues comen son and sket, And felle bi-for Heroud his fet.
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)751 : He askede Florice what he hete, & he him told swiþe skete [vr. skeete].
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)633 : Cherl, oway wel sket!
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15192 : He sal yow bring Vntil a nin ful skete [Frf: squete].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3043 : Niltou neuere, late ne skete, A goshauk maken of a kete.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)195 : Þenne ascryed þay hym sckete and asked ful loude.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)187 : A steede þer was sadeled smertely and skeet.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)16591 : Two lordes of Grece, princes, skete Set his spores on his fete.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)806 : He swownyd for sorwe at here ffeet; Knyȝtes took hym vp fful skeet.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)304/384 : Ȝif he bolne fryst in hys feet, And þe bolnynge drawe vpward sket..þe hoote dropesye..it is.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)63/221 : Thay were dampned, sone and skete.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)302 : Fortiger al þis forlete, Princes, doukes, also skete.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)138/2984 : 'Gerard,' a seide alse sket.
- c1330 Clerk & Virg.(Auch)49 : He seyd, þou schalt sen as sket.
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)115/2380 : Sir Bonefas þen als skeet His hors to him þoo he drowȝ.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)972 : Alisaunder þe spere forlete, And drouȝ his swerd also skeete.
- a1425 Celestine (LdMisc 463)686 : He smot of his heued also skeet and threu it to þe deoueles feete.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)15.150 : There down sche fil to his feet, And preide him Of Socour Also skeet.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)23490 : As the jeawnt hym wolde han smete, From that strok he blenchede as skete.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1244 : Twe he [read: Two of] þe knyȝtes also sket Two spores off gold duden on hys fet.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)172 : Good bourde þerof we schull make Soone also sket.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)484 : Þe dwerk Teondeleyn Tok þe stede..And rod hym also sket [Lamb: skette].
- a1475 Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)11774 : For an appel þat Adam eet He was dryue out also skeet [LdMisc: al skete].
c
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4139 : Now sytt Darrie on an hylle, Þe folk of his ost for to telle. Alisaunder comeþ on hym skeet.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4716 : Forr þu mihht sket to nesshe ben Ȝæn þa þatt Drihhtin wraþþenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6950 : All þiss þeȝȝ munndenn trowwenn sket.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1960 : Mi dore he broken up ful sket, And wolde me binden hond and fet.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)2987 : Gif hir til hir housbonde skete, for his [read: hir] housbonde ys a prophete.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9556 : For gyftes gyuen ofte & gret, Þey leet hem scape of þe prison sket.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)5990 : He þat is bore in þat planete [Mars] Wiþynne a ȝere he may skete -- And xxxiiij daies þerto -- Alle hise weies fully goo.