Skeat

Skeat
Recorded as Sket, Skett, Skitt, Skeat, Skeats, and others some of which are shown below, this is an English surname. It derives from the pre 7th century Old Norse byname 'Skjote' meaning swift, and was presumably a nickname for a fast runner or messenger. In the medieval times when surnames began to be introduced, humour was particularly robust and boisterous, and it is quite possible that a name such as this one may have originally meant the opposite of what it seems to say. It dates back to the mid 12th century, (see below), and early recordings include Nicholas Sket in the Pipe Rolls of Shropshire in 1210, and Robert Skeet in the Subsidy Tax Rolls of Suffolk in 1327. Other variations of the spelling include the rare Skoate, Skate, Skeete, and Sketh As an example Venelia Sketh, the daughter of John Sketh, was christened at St. Giles Cripplegate in the city of London, on June 14th 1635, whilst William Skeath married Hannah Marson at St. Margaret's Westminster, on April 21st 1640. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Sket. This was dated 1201, in the Pipe Rolls of Shropshire, during the reign of King John of England (1199 - 1216). Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Skeat —   [skiːt], W. W. (Walter William), englischer Sprachwissenschaftler, * London 21. 11. 1835, ✝ Cambridge 6. 10. 1912; ab 1878 Professor in Cambridge. Skeat machte sich durch Editionen alt und mittelenglischer Texte einen Namen (W. Langlands »...… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Skeat — (spr. ßkīt), Walter William, Anglist, geb. 12. Nov. 1835 in London, studierte in Cambridge und wirkt dort als Professor des Angelsächsischen an der Universität. Er gab eine Reihe altenglischer Dichtungen für die Early English Text Society heraus …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Skeat — (spr. ßkiht), Walter William, Anglist, geb. 21. Nov. 1835 in London, Prof. in Cambridge; veröffentlichte Ausgaben altengl. Dichtungen, eine Ausgabe von Chaucers Werken (1897), »Etymological English dictionary« (2. Aufl. 1884; Auszug 4. Aufl.… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Skeat — Skeat, Walter Williams …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Skeat — [skēt] W(alter) W(illiam) 1835 1912; Eng. philologist & lexicographer …   English World dictionary

  • Skeat — noun English philologist (1835 1912) • Syn: ↑Walter William Skeat • Instance Hypernyms: ↑philologist, ↑philologue …   Useful english dictionary

  • Skeat,Walter William — Skeat (skēt), Walter William. 1835 1912. English philologist who wrote An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1879 1882) and began the systematic study of English place names. * * * …   Universalium

  • Skeat, Walter William — ▪ British anthropologist born Oct. 14, 1866, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. died July 24, 1953, London       British ethnographer of the Malay Peninsula whose detailed works laid the foundation for later ethnographic studies of the area.… …   Universalium

  • Skeat — biographical name Walter William 1835 1912 English philologist …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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