scherd

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scheard, scheord, scherde, schord, shard, sherd, sherde

Etymology

From Old English sċeard, from Proto-West Germanic *skard, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Doublet of scarth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛrd/, /ʃɛːrd/, /ʃard/, /ʃoːrd/

Noun

scherd (plural scherdes)

1. A shard of pottery or clayware.
2. A container made of clay or similar material.
3. A dent or hole in something.
4. (rare) A scale or flake.

Descendants

• English: shard, sherd
• Scots: shaird
• Yola: sheardhe, sheardh, shearde, sharde

References

• “sherd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.