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sceóh

  • adjective
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Grammar
sceóh, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §128; §139; §312; §328; §337; §428;
shy, timid, fearful:
— Nú mín hreðer is hreóh, heówsíþum sceóh,
    Exon. Th. 354, 10 ; Reim. 43.
wanton (?)
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  • Ðæs sción

    petulantis (peculantis,

      Wrt. ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 24.
Etymology
[Lokeð þet ȝe ne beon nout iliche þe horse þet is scheouh, and blencheð nor one scheadewe . . . To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt. Parv. 444, col. 2.. M. H. Ger. schiech fugax, pavidus. Cf. O. H. Ger. sciuhen expavescere, terrere: Ger. scheuchen to scare: scheuche a bugbear: Dan. sky fear.]
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  • sceóh, adj.