SKANTLIN, _sb._ little. Burns, 5, 5, 7. As adv. generally _skantlins_, _scantlings_, scarcely. O.N. _skamt_.
SKANTLY, _adv._ with difficulty, hardly. C.S., 69. See _skant_.
SKAR, _sb._ a scarecrow, a fright. Lyndsay, 437, 1633. From vb. _skar_, to frighten, Eng. _scare_, M.E. _skerren_. O.N. _skirra_. See Skeat.
SKEIGH, _adj._ originally meant timid, then very frequently, dainty, nice, finally, proud. Dunbar, T.M.W., 357. Burns, 193, 46, I. Norse _sky_, Dan. _sky_, adj. and also vb. _sky_, to avoid. B-S. compares Sw. _skygg_ also, which is the same word, but the vowel is long. The Sco. word, furthermore, seems to suggest an older diphthong. It could, however, not be O.E. _sceah_, which gave M.E. _scheah_ and should have become _schee_ in N. Sco. Doubtful.
SKER, _adj._ timid, easily frightened. Dunbar, T.M.W., 357; Lyndsay, 227, 126. O.N. _skjarr_, shy, timid, Sw. dial. _skar_, M.E. _scer_, Cu. _scar_, wild.
SKEWYT, _vb. pret._ turned obliquely. Wallace, IX, 148. O.N. _skæifr_, O. Ic. _skeifr_, oblique, Norse _skæiv_, _skjaiv_, crooked, Dan. _skjæv_. The Dan word exhibits monophthongation of _æi_ to _æ_ (not to _e_, _i_, as in _sten_).
SKILL, _sb._ motive, reason. Gol. and Gaw., 147; Bruce, I, 214, 7. See Skeat, and Kluge and Lutz. In Dunbar, 307, 63, "did nane skill," did not do a wise thing.
SKOG, SCOUG, _sb._ place of retreat, shelter, protection. Dalr., I, 30, 29; Isaiah, XXXII, 2. O.N. _skuggi_, shade, Norse _skugge_, O. Sw. _skuggi_.
SKOGY, _adj._ shady. Douglas, III, 1, 21, 16. See _scoug_.
SKRECH, SKRIK, _sb._ a scream, yell. C.S., 39; Rolland, IV, 336. O.N. Norse _skrik_, a cry, a yell, _skrikja_, vb. Dan. _skrig_. Cu. _skrike_ to scream. Eng. _shriek_ < O.E. *_scrician_.
SKRYP, _sb._ bag. Dunbar, F., 509. O.N. _skreppa_, a bag, Norse _skreppa_, Dan. _skreppe_, Sw. _skräppa_, id.
SKUGG, _sb._ a shadow. Dunbar, III, 24, 12. O.N. _skuggi_. See _skog_. Cp. _skog_, vb. to hide. Isaiah, XXVIII, 15.
SKYLE, _vb._ to hide, cover. Jamieson, quotation from Henryson. O.N. _skjúla_, O. Ic. _skjóla_, to screen, shelter, Norse _skjula_, Dan. _skjul_, Sw. _skyla_, Fer. _skỹla_, Shetland _skail_, _skol_, cover, protect. Our word corresponds most closely to the Fer. word. Both are developed out of O.N. _skjúla_. Cp. O.N. _mjúkr_ > _meek_, in standard Eng. Norse _skjula_ has preserved the original unumlauted vowel. The O.N. word was pronounced _sk-iula_ or _sk-júla_. Cp. _skjenka_, which is N. Norse dial. _sheinka_. From _skj_ developed _sh_ in _shielin_.