Talk:scite

RFV discussion: August 2022–June 2023

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scite

Old English. In the following passage, the OED claims that only sċitte is attested (further down, it appends a asterisk to sċite).

2022 March, “shit, n. and adj.”, in OED Online‎^[1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press:

The attested Old English form [sċitte] shows a (jōn-stem) derivative formation from the zero-grade of this base, with doubling of the consonant caused by the stem-forming suffix

While offering no commentary, Bosworth-Toller similarily has no entry for sċite (“shit”); its entry at sċīte is for "sheet". Given these considerations, it seems pretty obvious that the form sċite is not in fact attested, and that this entry should be moved to Reconstruction:Old English/scite (though Modern English shit can come from either *sċite or sċitte, superficially making such a reconstruction unnecessary, the existence of *sċite is implied by ME and Middle Scots forms with reflexes of ME /eː/ from open-syllable lengthening of /i/). Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 06:08, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

I agree the entry should be moved to sċitte. Leasnam (talk) 21:50, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

RFV-resolved This, that and the other (talk) 01:49, 26 June 2023 (UTC)