sgread

sgread
a screech, cry, Irish sgread, Middle Irish scret: *skriddo-, Welsh ysgri, root skri, skrei; Old High German scri$$-an, cry, German schrei, English scream, screech; Latin screô (= screjô), a hawk.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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  • Screed — Screed, n. [See 1st {Screed}. For sense 2 cf. also Gael. sgread an outcry.] 1. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds. [1913 Webster] 2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject. [1913 Webster] The old… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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