Definition of Scand

1. scan [v] - See also: scan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scand

scamping speech
scampings
scampis
scampish
scampishness
scampo
scamps
scampy
scams
scamster
scamsters
scan
scan line
scan rate
scanability
scand (current term)
scandal
scandal-ridden
scandal of particularity
scandal sheet
scandaled
scandaling
scandalisation
scandalise
scandalised
scandalises
scandalising
scandalization
scandalize
scandalized

Literary usage of Scand

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"(scand.} Rape (2), a plant nearly allied to the turnip. .... Scuttle (3), to hurry along (scand.) Seal (i), a stamp for impressing wax. (F., — L.) Seal (a), ..."

2. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: The First Supplement, from January 1 by William Frederick Poole, William Isaac Fletcher (1888)
"(NC Frederiksen) scand. 3: 55. — in a War between England and Russia. ... scand. 3: 29. — in the United States, Politics of. scand. 3: 57, 89. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"-as (as Goth. il<iy!it, day's = scand. dagos) ; Goth. dat. sing, in -a to scand. ... the dative of the definite plural ends in -omen instead of W. scand. ..."

4. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"Bradley, Kluge, Paul's Grundr.2 I p. 941, 1034 : 0. W. scand. grdr, 'grey, inimical, hostile', 0. Swed. grar 'grey; unfriendly', 0. ..."

5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"(scand.) ME sleet. — Norw. sletta, sleet ; so named from dashing in one's face. ... (scand.) From prov. E. slatter, to waste, to 1« untidy, to throw about ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The most important differences between the two branches, as seen in the oldest preserved documents, are the following:—(1) In E. scand. far fewer cases of ..."

7. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"Analogous to these words is, although in the scand. word the diphthong is not followed by ag or j, ME leinen, lainen 'to hide, conceal' (: 0. ..."

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