Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Schide, n. Also: schyde, schydd-. [ME and e.m.E. schide (Havelok), OE scíd. Cf. OFris. skîd, ON skíđ.] A piece of wood, split off from timber, for use in kindling a fire or as a firebrand.Only in Wynt. and Doug. c1420 Wynt. iii 776.
He … gert be maid on a bale fyre Off gret schyddys byrnand schyre Ib. 949.
[He] gert … kendyll fyre … Off thornys and off schyddys gret Ib. v 2504.
A fyre Off dry schydys brynnand schyre Ib. iii 244 (W). 1513 Doug. iv ix 65.
The gret byng … Of ayk treys and fyrryn schydis dry Ib. vii i 103.
Kyng Latinus kyndillis … The clene schidis of the dry fyre brandis Ib. vii 111.
This furyus lemand schide [Sm. schyde] Ib. ix ix 92.
Sum otheris presyt with schydis and mony a syl The fyre blesys abowt the ruf to slyng Ib. xii v 196.