sgeun

dread, disgust, look of fear, Irish sgéan, fright, wild look, Middle Irish scén, affright: *skeng-no-, from skeng, start, spring, Early Irish scingim, start, spring (for root See sgaoim). Strachan refers it to *skakno-, root skak, spring, Lithuanian szókti, spring, Church Slavonic skakati, Norse skaga, jut out.