English

Noun

sceat ‎(plural sceats)

1. (numismatics) A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver.

Anagrams

• caste, Stace

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skautaz. Cognate with Old Frisian skat, Middle Dutch scoot (Dutch schoot), Old High German scōz (German Schoß), Old Norse skaut (Danish skød), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰 ‎(skauta).

Pronunciation

Noun

scēat m

1. corner, angle, projection
   • The Seafarer, lines: 59-62

     Min modsefa || mid mereflode / ofer hwæles eþel || hweorfeð wide, / eorþan sceatas, || cymeð eft to me / gifre ond grædig ...

     My spirit, amid sea-flood, / over the whale's estate, wanders far / [to] the corners of the Earth, then comes [back] to me / wanting and unsatisfied ...

2. nook, area, region
3. lap, bosom
4. bay

Declension