Middle English Dictionary Entry
skeued adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | skeued adj. Also skued, scued. |
| Etymology | ?From skeuen v.(1) or skeu n.(1); cp. MnE dial. skew piebald. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of mixed colors, piebald; also, as noun: a mixed color.
Associated quotations
- (1433) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)170 : Þe said furres of Bogee shuld be..medled..with lambfurres and some with Skewyd and Russet.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.830 : The bay is good colour..The gray, the goldenhered, & the scued [vr. skued; L guttatus].
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)1.703 : The skewed [vr. hoddid; L gloss: varii coloris] goos, the brune goose as the white Is not fecounde.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)400/117 : The skewed horses..into the south forth went.