SCRATCH, sb. an hermaphrodite.  Jamieson.  O.N. skratti, a
    monster.  This form exists in Yorkshire, otherwise the form in
    Eng. dial. is scrat.  See Wall.

SCRIP, a coarse or obscene gesture.  Wallace, VI, 143.  Probably from
    O.N. skripi.  Cp. skripatal, scurrilous language,
    skripalaeti, buffoonery, scurrilous gestures.  With the Sco.
    word cp. the Norse skripa, vb., skripa, sb. f., and Ic.
    skripr, sb. m.  See Aasen.

SCUD, vb. to hurry away, hasten on.  Burns, 55, 1, 4.  Eng. scud
    Skeat derives from Dan. skyde, Sw. skutta.  The Sw. form is
    nearest, the Dan. form shows umlaut.  The corresponding O.E.
    word is sc[-e]otan.

SCUDLER, a male kitchen servant.  Wallace, 5, 10, 27.  Cp.  O.N.
    skutilsvaeinn, a page at a royal table. Skutil is the same
    as O.E. scutel, a dish, a trencher.  In O.N. it means also
    “a small table.”  The unpalatalized sc, as well as the usage,
    would indicate that the word is a loan-word.

SEIR, SER, adj. various, separate.  Rolland, Prol., 295; R.R., 990;
    “Freires of Berwick,” 321.  O.N. ser, for oneself,
    separately.  Originally the dative of the refl. pron., but used
    very frequently as an adverb.

SEMELEY, adv. proper, looking properly.  Wallace, I, 191; Wyntoun,
    IX, 26, 53. Seimly, semely-farrand, good-looking,
    handsome, also means “in proper condition.”  Redundant, since
    semely and farrand in Sco. mean the same.  O.N. saemiligr. 
    See Skeat.

SHACKLET, adj. crooked, distorted.  Burns, 322, I, 7.  O.N.
    skakkr, skew, wry, distorted, skakki-fotr, wry leg, Norse
    skakk, crooked, so Sw. dial. skak, Dan. skak, slanting. 
    The palatal sh is unusual, but cp. dash from daska. 
    Norse words generally preserve sk in all positions, genuine
    Eng. words do not.  See Part I, 12 and 13.

SHIEL, sb. shelter, protection.  Burns, 226, 119, 3.  O.N, skjol,
    shelter, cover, refuge, Norse skjul, skjol, pron. shul,
    shol, Dan. skjul, id., skjule, to conceal. Shielin,
    sb. shelter, may be formed from the vb.

SHORE, vb. to threaten.  Ramsay, I, 261.  Origin rather doubtful. 
    Has been considered Scand.  See schoir.

SIT (s[-i]t), vb. to grieve.  Wallace, I, 438.  O.N. syta, Norse
    syta, to care.  See syte, sb.

SITEFULL, adj. sorrowful, distressing.  Douglas, I, 40, 19.  Cp. 
    Norse suteful.  See syte, sb.