scinn.
to spring (forth), gush (forth)
Meaning & usage
to spring (forth), gush (forth)
to start (jerk suddenly in surprise), shy (jump back in fear)
to dart (fly or pass swiftly), fly off, fly out, dash, shoot (move very quickly and suddenly), scurry
to depart suddenly, vanish
scinn chun siúil
to escape
Scinn an focal uaim.
to glance (strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside), glance off
to graze (rub or touch lightly the surface of in passing)
to skim (glide along near the surface)
Where this word comes from
From Old Irish sceindid, from Proto-Celtic *skanndeti (whence Welsh ysgain), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”) (whence Sanskrit स्कन्द् (skand, “to jump, leap”), Latin scandō (“to ascend, mount”).
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