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scyttels

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.
A bar, bolt
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  • Ða scytelses (scittelsas,

      MS. O.) tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348.
  • Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas,

      Wulfst. 230, 31.
  • Scytelsas

    seras,

      Ps. Spl. 147, 2.
  • Scettelsas,

      Hymn. Surt. 122, 28.
  • Scyttylsum

    vectibus,

      Germ. 399, 349.
Etymology
[Þet (the cross) is þet scutles þe ðe deofel ne mei nefre tocysan, O. E. Homl. i. 127, 35.]
Similar entries
v. fore-scyttels, and preceding word.
Linked entries
v.  scytels.
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  • scyttels, n.