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sceáf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sceáf, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§135;
A sheaf, bundle.
in the following glosses
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  • Sceáfes fascis, sceáfe

    fasculo (fascicule)

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 62-63.
  • Sceáfas areoli, 7, 16: garbas, 40, 60:

    garbas, manipulas,

      89, 19.
  • Sceabas, scébas areoli, Txts. 38, 30:

    garbas,

      66, 468.
  • Sceáfum

    fasciculis,

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 19.
a sheaf (of corn)
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  • Mé þúhte ðæt wé bundon sceáfas

    (manipulos)

    on æcere and ðæt mín sceáf árise ómiddan eówrum sceáfum and eówre gilmas ábugon tó mínum sceáfe,
      Gen. 37, 7.
  • Gýme hé ðæt náðor ne misfare ne corn ne sceáf, Anglia ix. 260, 12.
  • Mid his sceáfe sceát áfyllan,

      Ps. Th. 128, 5.
  • Hé nǽnne sceáf

    (manipulum)

    ne rípþ,
      Past. 39, 2; Swt. 287, 3.
  • Heora sceáfas (manipulos) beraþ, Ps. Th. 125, 6. II a. a bundle (of herbs) :-- Dippaþ ysopan sceáf (sceaft, Thw.) on ðam blóde

    fasciculum hyssopi tingite in sanguine,

      Ex. 12, 22.
  • Syndrige sceáfas

    separate bundles (of rue, dill, mint, and marche),

      Lchdm. ii. 188, 24.
  • Rúdan sceáfas þrý,

      216, 2.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. scoub: Ger. schaub: Du. schoof: Icel. skanf a fox's brush.]
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v.  sceáb.
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  • sceáf, n.