† scrick-shoen.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) < early modern Dutch schrickschoe ice-skate (late 16th cent. in this sense; late 15th cent. as scricscoe in Middle Dutch in sense ‘magic shoe worn by the Roman god Mercury, enabling him to cover great distances in a short time’; < scricken to stride (see note) + schoe shoe n.), or perhaps (ii) < early modern German (rare) schrickschuch (although this is apparently first attested later: 1693; probably an alteration, after schricken to start up (see note), of schritschuch (German (now regional) Schrittschuh ; Old High German scritescuoch , scritscoch , Middle High German schrīteschuoch , in sense ‘magic shoe worn by the Roman god Mercury’; < scrit step, pace (see scrith n.) + scuoch shoe n.; compare Old Saxon skridskōh in the same sense))).The modern German word for ‘ice-skate’ is Schlittschuh (early 18th cent.), reflecting alteration of the first element by association with Schlitten sledge (see slid n.). Middle Dutch scricken to stride, Dutch schrikken, †schricken to start up (16th cent.) and Old High German scricken to appear (Middle High German and early modern German schricken to start up) are cognate with Middle Low German schricken to jump, to dance; their further etymology is unknown.