sceat

[ shat ]

/ ʃæt /

noun

a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.

Nearby words

scavenger beetle, scavenger hunt, scavenger's daughter, scd, sce, sceat, scedosporium apiospermum, scelp, scena, scenario, scenarist

Also sceat·ta

[shat-uh] /ˈʃæt ə/.

Origin of sceat

learned borrowing (18th century) of Old English sceat, scætt; cognate with Old Saxon skat, Old High German scaz (German Schatz) treasure, tribute. See scat⁵

Examples from the Web for sceat

When numbers are given, sceat appears to be left out, cf. 2196, 2995 (see þsend).
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When numbers are given, sceat appears to be left out, cf. 2196, 2995 (see þūsend).
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