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sceacel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sceacel, es; m.
a shackle
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  • Sceacul vel bend

    columbar,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 44.
the word also glosses
plectrum
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  • Scecele oððe slegele scecen wé

    plectra plumemus,

    ii.
      66, 78-80.
  • Sceacelas

    plectra,

      89, 10.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. schakkyl numella. Ancren schulen ine so wide scheakeles pleien ine hevuene . . . Þet tet bodi schal beon hwar so euer þe gost wule in one hondhwule, A. R. 94, 25. O. Du. schakel the link or ring of a chain: Icel. skökull the pole of a carriage: Swed. skakel the loose shaft of a carriage: Dan. skagle a trace for a carriage.]
Similar entries
v. sweor-sceacel; sceacan.
Linked entries
v.  sceacul scecel.
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