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scima

  • noun [ masculine ]
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scima, an ; m.
Shadow, gloom:?-Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman,
    Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106.
Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116.
Etymology
[Cf. Uualdandes craft seal thi scadouuan mid skimon virtus altissimi obumbrabit te, Hel. 279. M. H. Ger. scheme a shadow, mask; larva: Ger. schemen.]
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v. scimian.
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v.  scimian.
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  • scima, n.