▪ I. shud Obs. exc. dial. (E. Angl., Yorks., Derbs., Heref.)
Also 5 schudde, 9 shod.
[Late ME. schudde, of obscure origin.
A Teut. root *skeuđ-: *skauđ-: *skuđ- with the sense ‘to cover’ seems to be evidenced by LG. schode, G. schote pod, Eng. dial. shood, ON. skauðir pl. (Norw. skau), MLG. schôde, horse's sheath, ON. skjóða bag, purse, and perh. MLG., MDu. beskudden to protect.]
A shed.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 449/1 Schudde, hovel, or swyne kote, or howse of sympyl hyllynge to kepe yn beestys, catabulum. 1657 Reeve God's Plea 175 Let not..the thatched shuds be neater built then your tiled houses. 1688 Holmesfield Crt. Rolls in Addy Sheff. Gloss. s.v., A shud near to the said barn. 1787 W. H. Marshall Norfolk (1795) II. 388 Shud, shed. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Shod, Shud, a shed. |
▪ II. shud
obs. form of shood, husk of oats.