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3.4.7 sk-t Dark, sombre

Anc.GreekskotáTwilight
Anc.Greekskotádzoto get dark
Mod.Greeksyskotadzoid.
Anc.GreekskiásShade
Anc.Greekskiathís, skíainaa fish Corvinusnigrus, french. ombre
Anc.Greekskythrósdark
Anc.GreekSkythosthe "Scythes", peoples of the dark regions to the North. Hesychius mentioned that the Skythos were also Celts; see Kimbroið3.3.14.3.; cf. aglyð3.1.54. and the following:
Lat.Scoti(borrowing from Greek) the Irish
Mod.Greek: Naxosskathíatwilight
Mod.Greek: Maked.skouthidatwilight
Franç.: Lourdesesquittombée du jour, FEW 22: 244
Franç.: Suc (Ariège)resquitreflet, FEW 23: 184
Gael.I.sceadspod, mark
Gael.I.sceocloud
Anc.Greekskoioscloudy
Goth.skadusshade
Germ.schatteid.
Engl.schatteid.
Germ.shadedarkness caused by interception of rays of light

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