shud

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the Late Middle English schudde.

Noun[edit]

shud (plural shuds)

  1. (obsolete outside West Country, Derbyshire, East Anglia, Herefordshire, Yorkshire) A shed.

References[edit]

shud” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2[edit]

See should.

Verb[edit]

shud

  1. nonstandard or archaic spelling of should

Anagrams[edit]

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Irish siúd.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

shud

  1. that (implies distance)
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:
      Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."
      Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67