schethe

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛːð(ə)/

From Old English sċēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

• chethe, scheþe, sethe, shede, sheeth, sheethe, sheith, sheth, shethe, sheþe, sscheþe, sseþe
• scaþe, scæðe, seaþe (Early Middle English)

schethe (plural schethes)

1. sheath (sword-holder)

• schethere

• English: sheath
• Scots: sheath
• Yola: shaadh

• “shēth(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Unknown, but possibly related to or identical to Etymology 1. Compare Old English sċēaþa, Middle Dutch schêde (“nail”).

• shethe, shetthe

schethe (plural schethes)

1. (rare) sheth (bar connecting the ploughshare to a plough's beam)

• English: sheth, sheath

• “shēth(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.