Skeat

[ skeet ]

/ skit /

Walter William,1835–1912, English philologist and lexicographer.

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As applied to men, Skeat thinks it meant good or worthy at stealing; but the etymology is still unsettled.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith
Skeat explains this form as fallen with an excrescent d, due to Scandinavian influence, citing also Bk.
The Bruce|John Barbour
Skeat has a note on this word explaining renk as a rank of fighting men, and citing the plur.
The Bruce|John Barbour
Although Skeat connects phaeton with the Solar Charioteer he nevertheless connotes phantom.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley

Skeat traces it eventually to Sanskrit bhu, to be, build meaning "to construct a place in which to be or dwell."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various