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scear-seax

  • noun [ neuter ]
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scear-seax, es; n.
A razor
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  • Scearsex

    rasorium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 21.
  • Scersaex

    novacula,

      Ps. Surt. 51, 4.
  • Scirseax,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 17.
  • Scyrseax, 60, 44:

    culter,

      15, 58.
  • Scyrseax scearp machera acuta, Blickl. Gl. Ða sacerdas ne sceoldon nó hiera heáfdu scieran mid scearseaxum (scier-, Cott. MS.)

    sacerdotes caput suum non radent,

      Past. 18, 7; Swt. 138, 14.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. scar-, scer-sahs novacula: O. H. Ger. scar-, scher-sahs novacula, rasorium: cf. Icel. skar-öx a carpenter's adze.]
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v.  scir-seax scyr-seax.
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