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scilfe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
scilfe, an; f.
A shelf, ledge, floor
    Gen. 6, 16), Cd. Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306.
Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme (cf. With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make the ark,
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. Hlið-skjálf; f. Odin?s seat whence he looked out on all the world.]
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v.  scylfe.
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  • scilfe, n.