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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb skelp. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect and northern Scottish English.

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   The earliest known use of the noun skelp is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for skelp is from around 1440, in York Mysteries. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).

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   The earliest known use of the verb skelp is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for skelp is from 1803, in Aris's Gazette (Birmingham). It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500). skelp is of multiple origins. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion.

4. sesquiotic.com › 2016/04/16 › skelp-skeltskelp, skelt | Sesquiotica

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   Apr 16, 2016 · The Oxford English Dictionary gives it two senses: intransitively, it means ‘hasten; be diligent’; transitively it means ‘spread or scatter hurriedly’. There is no known etymology to help sort this all out and tie this all together, and no one seems to have used the word in modern times.

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   Latin Dictionary: the best Latin dictionary with a conjugator and a Latin declension tool available online for free!

6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › skelpskelp - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   Jun 2, 2024 · skelp (third-person singular simple present skelps, present participle skelping, simple past and past participle skelped) (transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap.

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   Jul 28, 2024 · Appendix:English words by Latin antecedents. This is a list of English words derived from Latin words, including Latin nouns, verbs and adjectives. The list is organized by Latin words. See also:

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   Where does the verb Skelp come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb skelp is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for skelp is from around 1400–50, in Alexander. skelp is probably an imitative or expressive formation.

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   Where did Skelp come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb skelp is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for skelp is from 1803, in Aris's Gazette (Birmingham). It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500). skelp is of multiple origins. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

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   What does Skelp mean?

   • skelp (third-person singular simple present skelps, present participle skelping, simple past and past participle skelped) (transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap. But Mistress Munro would up and be at the door and in she'd yank Andy by the lug, and some said she'd take down his breeks and skelp him, but maybe that was a lie.

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   What does a Skelp mean on a boat?

   • I gie them a skelp as they're creepin' alang. The water is said to come with a skelp on a boat, when its shock is sudden and violent. Skelp, a blow. They came crack down on their bottoms with a loud skelp on the seats. He got two skelps on the side of the head. Wi' skelps like this fock sit but seenil down To wether-gammon.

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   What does skelpys Yll mean?

   • A blow, esp. one given with the flat of the hand, or with something having a flat surface; a slap or smack; also, the noise made by a blow of this kind. Also, in East Anglia, a strong kick (cf. the verb). For other variations of meaning see the Eng. Dial. Dict. [He shall be] with schath of skelpys yll scarred.

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   How do you search verbs in Latin?

   • During the normal search of verbs remember that in latin you are to look for the first person of the present indicative, the names and adjectives must be searched with the masculine nominative singular. By clicking on the appropriate box in the search form, the search will also be performed within the inflected forms.

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