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skeyn

skeyn is the alternative form of skean.

Meaning of skean

Noun

skean (plural skeans)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, historical) A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
  2. (Scotland) Synonym of sgian dubh (“a small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt”).
    Synonyms:
    sgian dubh

Forms of skeyn

pluralskeyns

Questions about skeyn

What is skeyn the alternative form of?
Skeyn is the alternative form of skean.

Words near skeyn in the dictionary

  1. skews
  2. Skewsby
  3. skewsymmetric
  4. skewwhiff
  5. skewy
  6. skeyn
  7. skeyns
  8. skg
  9. skhian-dhu
  10. Skhidnytsia
  11. Skhimatarion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skeyn (page history and authors); skean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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