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Scyttisc
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Scittisċ Scyttysċ Scottisċ late Old English
Etymology
From ang Scott -isċ.
Pronunciation
Scyttisċ
Adjective
Scyttisċ
Scottish (of the Scottish people of northern Britain)
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
ang ⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisces cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe. And he received, and the king released to him, four priests, who were great and good in both knowledge and their lives, who would baptize and teach his people; and so he returned home again with great joy. The priests were named thusly: Ċedd, Adda, Bete, and Deoma. The latter was of the Scottish people; the others were English.
Irish (of the Gaelic-speaking people of Ireland and Scotland)
ang substantive a Scot or Irish person
Declension
Scyttisċ no
Noun
Scyttisċ n
Scots Gaelic
Irish
Declension
Scyttisċ sg
Descendants
enm Scottisch with the [o] leveled in from ang Scott 1