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schelbeme (1347-50)
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schelbeme (1347-50)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sheltbeam n.  MED:  shelt-bem n.  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

OED (etymology not yet updated since First Edition, 1913) considers sheltbeam a partial translation of Middle High German schaltbaum, equivalent to schaltre. However, MED suggests an alternative link to shel(le n., sense 6 ‘board or plank’, interpreting the word as a tautological compound for ‘some sort of a beam’.

s.

ship. sheltbeam, pole used as oar or rudder (?); or: beam used in shipbuilding: 
( 1347-50 )  En .xiiij. schelbemes as ditz deux escomers [...]  Sandahl Sea i 88

[gdw]

See also:

bem  schaltre 
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