Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Shade, shadow. · A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill). · A squirrel. · A lower-school or inferior boy.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo shelter; to protect. · To hide; to take shelter.
Scottish and Northern English from Old Norse skuggi, from Proto-Germanic *skuwwô (“shadow, reflection”). Cognate with Icelandic skuggi, Swedish skugga, Danish skygge, Old English sċūa, sċūwa (“a shade”).
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