▪ I. † shode Obs.
Forms: 1 scáda, 4 schod(e, schood, 4– shode.
[OE. scáda wk. masc.:—prehistoric *skaidan-, f. Teut. root *skaiđ- to divide: see shed v. From the same root (or the parallel form *skaiþ-) are MDu. scheide (mod.Du. schei), OS. scêthlo, MDu. scheidel (mod.Du. scheel), OHG. sceibila (mod.G. scheitel) crown of the head.]
1. The crown of the head; the parting of the hair. Cf. shed n.1 2.
| c 1000 Ags. Ps. lxvii. 21 Feaxes scadan [L. verticem capilli]. 13.. Guy Warw. 7229, & smot him in þe heued schod. c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 144 La greve de moun cheef [glossed the schod of my eved]. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1149 The nayl ydryuen in the shode [v.rr. schod, schood, schode] a nyght. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 578/40 Discrimen, þe shode of the hed. |
2. A dividing ridge.
| c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 1480 To stones þicke þai founde..Hem bitven a gret schode. Of grauel & erþe al so, Þat hem hadde schifted ato. |
▪ II. shode
variant of shoad.