(a) Any length of cloth, esp. linen; also, a piece of cloth used as a receptacle [quot.: ?a1300]; windwe shete, a winnow-sheet [see also windwen v.]; windwing shete [see windwing ger.]; (b) a linen……
Naut. (a) A rope attached to the clews of a sail; shete de ran, a rope, or sheet, made of reindeer hide [cp. ran n.]; (b) pl. triangular floor boards at the ends of a ship; sterne shete, rear portion……
A customary rent paid in grain or chickens for the support of the (parish) church, usually at Martinmas (Nov.11). [See Neilson Cust.Rents in OSSLH 2 193-6.]
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(a) To divide (people, things); separate (sb. or oneself from sb. or sth., sth. from sth.); also fig.; also, take (sb.) away [quot.: Gen.& Ex.208]; also, declare or determine (dissension between……
(a) To hasten from one place to another, move swiftly, rush; also fig.; plunge (into a river); duck (under a shield); refl. rush (into a ship); of a ship: sail swiftly; of an arrow: fly forth from a……
