Skeat

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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walter william skeat

Etymology

From Middle English skete (“swift, quick”), itself from Old Norse skjótt (“quickly”). It was presumably used as a nickname for a messenger or runner.

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