Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
skill .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To hide; to secrete; to conceal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
hide ; tosecrete ; toconceal .
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon scylan, to withdraw or remowe.
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Examples
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Grendel, 1777. eald-gewyrht, st. n., _merit on account of services rendered during many years_: nom.pl. þæt nǣron eald-gewyrht, þæt hē āna scyle gnorn þrowian,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Grendel, 1777. eald-gewyrht, st. n., _merit on account of services rendered during many years_: nom.pl. þät næron eald-gewyrht, þät he âna scyle gnorn þrowian,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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