- sgaoim
- a fright, a start from fear, skittishness: for sgeum? If so, for sceng-men, Early Irish scingim, I start; Greek $$Gskázw, I limp, $$Gskimbázw, limp; German hinken (do.); Sanskrit khanj (do.). See sgeun.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.