On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Skeat. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as philologist and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Skeat in a sentence
Skeat meaning
A surname.
Synonyms of Skeat
Using Skeat
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- Useful related words include: walter william skeat, philologist, philologue.
- In the example corpus, skeat often appears in combinations such as: william skeat.
Context around Skeat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skeat
- In this selection, "skeat" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, william, roberts, monastery, believed, ibid and derives stand out and add context to how "skeat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include see roberts skeat 28 and t c skeat believed that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skeat" sits close to words such as aad, abdali and abels, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skeat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Linked through an adjectival form *venes-no-: William W. Skeat ibid. (11 words)
Terminology The English philologist and ethnographer Walter William Skeat derives the word from the Old English kippian, to spawn. (19 words)
They were "rubbish which was to be destroyed by burning it in the ovens of the monastery", Skeat, T. C. (2000). (21 words)
Victorians frequently used the nine "Groups", which was the order used by Walter William Skeat whose edition Chaucer: Complete Works was used by Oxford University Press for most of the twentieth century, but this order is now seldom followed. (39 words)
From Robert A Kraft (see link): "A fragment of a Latin parchment codex of an otherwise unknown historical text dating to about 100 CE was also found at Oxyrhynchus ( P. Oxy. 30 ; see Roberts & Skeat 28). (36 words)
Gregory, and T. C. Skeat believed that it was already in production when Constantine placed his order, but had to be suspended in order to accommodate different page dimensions. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
From Robert A Kraft (see link): "A fragment of a Latin parchment codex of an otherwise unknown historical text dating to about 100 CE was also found at Oxyrhynchus ( P. Oxy. 30 ; see Roberts & Skeat 28).
Gregory, and T. C. Skeat believed that it was already in production when Constantine placed his order, but had to be suspended in order to accommodate different page dimensions.
It was not until the late 19th century that the official Chaucerian canon, accepted today, was decided upon, largely as a result of Walter William Skeat 's work.
Linked through an adjectival form *venes-no-: William W. Skeat ibid.
Terminology The English philologist and ethnographer Walter William Skeat derives the word from the Old English kippian, to spawn.
They were "rubbish which was to be destroyed by burning it in the ovens of the monastery", Skeat, T. C. (2000).
Victorians frequently used the nine "Groups", which was the order used by Walter William Skeat whose edition Chaucer: Complete Works was used by Oxford University Press for most of the twentieth century, but this order is now seldom followed.
Common combinations with skeat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: