† skeckn.
Obsolete. rare.
An attack made for the sake of plunder; a petty raid. Cf. skeg n.3
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun]
roadeOE
skeck1297
chevacheec1380
forayc1400
reisea1450
raid1455
bodrag1537
skeg1542
reid1544
inroad1548
outroad1560
excursion1577
excurse1587
bodraging1590
cavalcade1591
chevachance1592
chivancy1616
algaradea1649
course1651
outrakea1765
commando1791
razzia1821
muru1836
chappow1860
night raid1872
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] > instance(s) of
skeck1297
rapinea1513
skeg1542
spoil1543
ravishment1570
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5131 Bote hii þus mid scolkinge vpe þe englisse wende, & doþ eni skek feble ynou & abbeþ þe worse ende.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 4324 (Kölbing) Kepe we þe strait wais Ouer alle in þe cuntrays & robben hem her sustenaunce Wiþ skec.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 4501 Þat..Binomen mani painems her liif & wiþ skekes & wiþ fiȝt Þe wayes loked wele a pliȝt.
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† skeckv.
Obsolete. rare.
1. intransitive. To make a raid on; to spoil, plunder.
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society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [verb (intransitive)]
rideOE
skeckc1330
reisea1387
skicka1400
road1600
razzia1846
raid1848
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (intransitive)]
harryc893
skeckc1330
skicka1400
cry havoc1419
foray1487
raven1570
booty1580
rapine1580
pillage1593
boot-hale1598
to make boota1599
ravage1604
scummer1633
maraud1684
loot1842
raid1848
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7409 (Kölbing) Þai hem hidden a litel þer bi, For to aspien, sikerli, Þe route of þe Sarrazins.., For to skecken on hem on hest, When þai seiȝe time best.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 82 Thyne executurs Of þe ne will rekke, but skikk ande skekke Full baldely in thi boures.
2. transitive. To seize as spoil.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > sack, raid, or loot [verb (transitive)] > carry off as loot or plunder
skeckc1325
ravisha1382
ransackc1460
ravena1513
distruss1548
harry1579
rapine1580
sack1590
harrage1655
to walk off with1727
loot1847
jay-hawk1866
c1325 Body & Soul 244 in Map's Poems (Camden) 243/1 Uche to pyke that he con skekke, Scheep or swyn..or net.
Derivatives
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society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun] > action of raiding
runningc1325
skeckinga1387
skickinga1400
raiding1785
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun]
harryingc900
harrowingc1000
skeckinga1387
pillagea1393
skickinga1400
forayingc1400
hership1487
direption1528
sackc1550
sacking1560
sackage1577
saccaging1585
picory1591
reprisalc1595
boot-haling1598
booty-haling1611
rapture?1611
ravage1611
prize-taking1633
plunder1643
booting1651
hen roost1762
ravagement1766
raiding1785
loot1839
looting1842
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 257 Half þe peple stood i-armed wiþoute þe citee forto defende þe cite, and þe workmen for resynge and stekkynge [v.r. skekkynge] of straunge naciouns.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3563 Many proude gome..Willeþ wenden in þe morowenyng And vpon vs maken a skekkyng.
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