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† scright Obs. In 4 skrythe (but rimed with -nyghte). [f. skrike v.] A shout, cry.13.. St. Cristofer 315 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 459 Whene þat it was abowte mydnyghte, Byȝonde þe water he herde a skrythe, Full lowde one heghte he herde it cry.
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shright
▪ I. † shright, n. Obs. [Corresponding to scright = OFris. skrichte, MLG. schricht(e; but perhaps (in the 16th c.) suggested by some passage like the following, where forshright = wearied with shrieking:— c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iv. 1147 (Harl. MS.), With brokyn vois al hois [v.r. hors] for shright [...
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