Middle English Dictionary Entry
skulkerīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | skulkerīe n. Also sculkeri, skolkerie, scolcurie, (N) skoulkeri. |
| Etymology | From skulken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Concealment; stealthy behavior or actions; an attack from concealment, ambush.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7600 : I may not longe it suffry Off that Achilles with his sculkery.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8358 : Ther was neuere theff..That wayted better his a-vauntage To do his stelthe and his robrye Than thow waytest me In skolkerye.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)16499 : It were..better..Child Pirrus..To..be his fader fomen bane, The order of knyȝt when he hadde tane, And not to ligge thus In scolcurye.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1644 : Loke ȝe skyfte it so þat vs no skathe lympe, For na skomfitoure in skoulkery is skomfite euer.