Noun: sceatt
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | sċeatt |
| Plural | sċeattas |
Genitive
| Singular | sċeattes |
| Plural | sċeatta |
Dative
| Singular | sċeatte |
| Plural | sċeattum |
Accusative
| Singular | sċeatt |
| Plural | sċeattas |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Ne sċeall nān godes þeġn for sċeattum riht dēman, ac healdan þone dōm ġif godes man sȳ... (Nor shall one of God's servants decide a law for wealth, but maintain the judgement if he is a man of God...)
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Laws of King Æthelberht
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Ġif feaxfang ġeweorþ, L sċeatta tō bōte. (If hair-seizing should occur, the recompense shall be fifty sceattas.)
Nouns inflected like sceatt
scrift,
sceatt,
sceabb,
scealc,
scamol,
scielf,
scipsteall,
scyttel,
sceacel,
sciphamor,
sciphamer,
sciphlæst,
scipcræft,
scipweard,
scincræft,
sceaduhelm,
scieldweall,
scild,
scilling,
scipfultum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).
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