shroud

shroud · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skrūdą“shroud, dress, attire”
2. Old English · inherited fromsċrūd
3. Middle English · inherited fromshroud
4. English todayshroud

From Middle English shroud, from Old English sċrūd, from Proto-Germanic *skrūdą (“shroud, dress, attire”). Compare Proto-Germanic *skrūdijaną (“to shroud”). Cognate with Old Norse skrúð, Swedish skrud (“shroud”), Danish and Norwegian skrud (“splendid attire”)).

shroud · verb²

1. Middle English · derived fromschroud“shroud”
2. Middle English · inherited fromschrouden
3. English todayshroud

From Middle English schrouden (> Anglo-Latin scrudāre), from Middle English schroud (“shroud”) (see above).

shroud · noun, verb³

Variant of shred.