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word is wanting iu the OTeut. dials., it need not be regarded as borrowed from MidLat. scurare (Lat. ex-curare), Ital. scurare, Fr. écurer, ‘to scour.’

Scheune, f. (unknown to UpG.), ‘barn, shed,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schiune, f., which is derived by the loss of the g (equal to j?) from OHG. scugin, scugina, ‘barn.’ If the g is equal to j, Scheuer (MidHG. schiure) is closely allied. If this is not the case, No certain connecting link has been discovered.

Scheusal, n., ‘object of horror, monster,’ a derivative of scheu, like late MidHG. schûsel, ‘monster, scarecrow.’ To this is allied ModHG. scheußlich, corrupted from MidHG. schiuzlich, ‘shy, despairing,’ which is connected with schiuzen, ‘to feel horror,’ from *schiuhezen (allied to scheuen, MidHG. schiuhen).

Schicht. f., ‘layer, stratum, day's work,’ from MidHG. schiht, f., ‘history, affair, accident, arrangement, division, row of things laid on one another, layer, beds of soil, day's work (in mines)’; allied to (ge)schehen; see Geschichte.

schicken, vb., ‘to bring about, send, despatch,’ from MidHG. schicken, ‘to bring about, do, create, prepare, set going, depute, send.’ This vb., undoubtedly a primit. form, which is wanting in OHG. and the OTeut. dials. generally, seems, like Goth. skêwjan and OIc. skœ́va, ‘to go,’ to be connected with a primit. Teut. root skē̆hw (skē̆w) from pre-Teut. skē̆q (to which OIr. scuchim, ‘I go away,’ from skok? is allied). Akin to late MidHG. schic, m., ‘method,’ and shicklich, which first occurs in ModHG.; see geschickt. These specifically G. cognates, which passed into Du., Fris., and Scand., are wanting in OHG. until the 12th cent.; on account of their formation, however, they must be very old; OHG. *scicchen, Goth. *skikkjan. Allied to (ge)schehen. Deriv. Schicksal.

Schicksel, n., ‘young girl,’ ModHG. only, formed from Hebr. and Jew. schickzah, ‘Christian girl,’ Hebr. schikkûz, lit. ‘abomination.’

schieben, vb., ‘to shove, push,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schieben, OHG. scioban; comp. Goth. af-skiuban, ‘to thrust away,’ OIc. skúfa, skýfa, ‘to push,’ AS. sčûfan, ‘to shove, push,’ E. to shove. The root skū̆b, ‘to shove’ (from pre-Teut. skū̆p), which appears also in Schaufel, Schober, and Schüppe, corresponds to the Sans. root chup, ‘to touch,’

with which Lith. skubrùs, skubùs, ‘quick,’ and skùbti, ‘to make haste’ (Aryan rout skub), and OSlov. skubąti, ‘to pluck,’ are also probably allied. See Schupf.

Schiedsrichter, m., ‘arbiter,’ ModHG. only, in MidHG. schideman; allied to MidHG. schit (gen. schides), ‘judicial decision,’ akin to OHG. scidôn, ‘to separate, distinguish, decide.’ The Teut. root skiþ is connected with scheiden.

schief, adj., ‘oblique, awry. sloping,’ a MidG. and LG. word; MidHG. and MidG. schief, ‘awry, distorted’; cognate with AS. sčâb, OIc. skeifr, ‘awry,’ North Fris. skiaf, Du. scheef, ‘awry’ (whence E. skew is borrowed), Schmalkald. šeip. HG. dials. also imply a MidHG. schëp (pp), ‘awry’; Hess. and Franc. šëp, Suab. šeps. Besides these primit. Teut. cognates skibb, skaib (whence Lett. schkîbs, ‘awry,’ is borrowed), UpG. has skieg, which is represented by MidHG. ‘schiec, ‘awry,’ Bav. and Alem. šiegen, šieggen, ‘to waddle’ (respecting the ie see Stiege and Wiege). They are all connected, like Gr. σκίμπτω, ‘to bend,’ with an Aryan root skī̆q, skaiq.

Schiefer, m., ‘slate, shist,’ from MidHG. schiver, schivere, m., ‘splinter of stone, and espec. of wood,’ OHG. scivaro, ‘splinter of stone’; the modern meaning is ModHG. only (in UpG. the prim. meaning ‘stone splinter’ has been preserved). Goth. *skifra, m., is wanting. Allied to ModHG. Schebe, f., ‘chaff, boon’ (of flax or hemp), which is derived from LG.; comp. E. shive (AS. *sčîfa); MidE. schivere (AS. *sčifera), E. shiver. These are derivatives of a Teut. root skī̆f, ‘to divide, distribute’; comp. AS. sčiftan, ‘to divide,’ E. to shift, OIc. skipta, ‘to divide’ (OIc. scífa, ‘to cut in pieces'; allied to Scheibe? or to this word?), Du. schiften, ‘to separate, sever.’ Schiefer and Schebe are lit. ‘fragment, part.’

schielen, vb., ‘to squint, leer,’ from the equiv. MidHG. schilen, schilhen, allied to schel.

Schienbein, n., ‘shin-bone,’ from MidHG. schinebein, n., allied to MidHG. schine, OHG. scina, f., ‘shin-bone’; comp. AS. sčinu, f., E. shin (also AS. sčinebân, MidE. schinebône); Du. scheen and scheenbeen, ‘shin-bone.’ Bein in this compound has preserved its older meaning of ‘bone’; see Bein. Scarcely allied to Schiene and Schinken, for the secondary meaning of ModHG. Schiene (MidHG. schine), ‘narrow wood or metal plate, strip,’ as well as OHG.