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Noun [English]

Forms: sceatts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sceatt (plural sceatts)
  1. Alternative form of sceat. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sceat
    Sense id: en-sceatt-en-noun-QgmWOX5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 48 48 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 85 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 11 2

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ʃæ͜ɑtt/, [ʃæ͜ɑt]
Rhymes: -æ͜ɑtt Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*skatt|t=cattle, treasure}} Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=sċeatt}} sċeatt m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|sċeatt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sċeatt|sċeattas|sċeatt|sċeattas|sċeattes|sċeatta|sċeatte|sċeattum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: sċeatt [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], sċeatt [nominative, singular], sċeattas [nominative, plural], sċeatt [accusative, singular], sċeattas [accusative, plural], sċeattes [genitive, singular], sċeatta [genitive, plural], sċeatte [dative, singular], sċeattum [dative, plural], sċeat [alternative], sċætt [alternative]
  1. treasure, money, wealth
    Sense id: en-sceatt-ang-noun-NxqQ974o Categories (other): Money, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 48 48 3
  2. a coin or unit of money Synonyms: mynet
    Sense id: en-sceatt-ang-noun-3bAqoQCI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ċiriċsċeatt, sāwolsċeatt

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Nor shall one of God's servants decide a law for wealth, but maintain the judgement if he is a man of God...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nNe sċeall nān godes þeġn for sċeattum riht dēman, ac healdan þone dōm ġif godes man sȳ...",
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "sċeatt"
      },
      "expansion": "sċeatt m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċeatt"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċeatt",
        "2": "sċeattas",
        "3": "sċeatt",
        "4": "sċeattas",
        "5": "sċeattes",
        "6": "sċeatta",
        "7": "sċeatte",
        "8": "sċeattum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "ang:Money"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nor shall one of God's servants decide a law for wealth, but maintain the judgement if he is a man of God...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nNe sċeall nān godes þeġn for sċeattum riht dēman, ac healdan þone dōm ġif godes man sȳ...",
          "translation": "Nor shall one of God's servants decide a law for wealth, but maintain the judgement if he is a man of God...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "treasure, money, wealth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "treasure",
          "treasure"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "wealth",
          "wealth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If hair-seizing should occur, the recompense shall be fifty sceattas.",
          "text": "Laws of King Æthelberht\nĠif feaxfang ġeweorþ, L sċeatta tō bōte.",
          "translation": "If hair-seizing should occur, the recompense shall be fifty sceattas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a coin or unit of money"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mynet"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæ͜ɑtt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæ͜ɑt]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ͜ɑtt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sceatt"
}

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