adv.
'swiftly'
(Modern English )This adv. formed on the ME adj. skete (see skete (adv., adj.)), always derived from ON due to absence of initial palatalization of /sk/ (cp. the v. stem in OE scēotan ‘to shoot), is unique to WA.
PGmc Ancestor
*skeutaz
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
cp. skjótr (adj.) ‘quick’
(ONP cp. skjótr (2) (adj.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
OE Cognate
cp. scēotan (v.) ‘to shoot’, gescēot (n.) ‘shooting’
Phonological and morphological markers
absence of palatalization of */sk/
Summary category
A1*c
Hapax legomenon; see further skete (adv., adj.).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 5040