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scinn

Pronunciation: /ʃinn/

“scinn” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a skin

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”).

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