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sceaþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sceaþian, p. ode
To hurt, harm, spoil, rob
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  • Ne sceaþa ðú

    thou shalt not steal,

      Wulfst. 66, 18.
  • Ðæt deófol tó swýðe ne sceaþige,

      L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 26.
  • Gif hwylc þeódsceaþa sceaþian onginneþ,

      Th. ii. 310, 24: L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 29.
  • Scaðian,

      Wulfst. 191, 19.
  • Se ðe wǽre sceaþigende (scaþiende), weorðe se tiligende on rihtlícre tilþe,

      72, 12.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. scathan; pp. ge-scathot: O. Frs. skathia: O. H. Ger. scadón nocere: Icel. skaða; p. skaðaði.]
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v. ge-sceaþjan; sceaþan, sceþþan.
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