SCABBARD  , the sheath of a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early forms of the word given in the Promptorium parvulorum are scauberk, scaubert or scauberd . The termination is certainly from the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• BERGEN

bergen, to protect, as seen in " hauberk," " hawberk " (i.e. halsberg), literally a See also:

• PROTECTION

protection for the See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck and shoulders, hence the " See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

tunic of See also:

• MAIL

mail " of the r 2th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century (see ARMS AND See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

ARMOUR) . The first See also:

• PART

part is doubtful; See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat takes it as representing the O . Fr. escale, mod. ecaille, See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, Ger . Schale; the word would therefore mean an See also:

• OUTER

outer sheath or shell that covers or protects .