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sceafoþa

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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sceafoþa, sceafþa, scæfþa, an; m. (or -e; f. ?)
A shaving, chip, what is shaved, scraped, or rubbed of
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  • Ðá gehálgode ic wæter and scæfþan dyde on ðæs foresprecenan treówes

    tunc benedixi aquam, et astulam roboris praefati inmittens,

      Bd. 2, 13; S. 539, 5.
  • Ða scæfþan ðe ðǽron genumene wǽron lǽcedóm bǽron

    astulae de illo abscissae solent adferre medelam,

      4, 6; S. 574, 9.
  • Man scóf ðara bóca leáf and ða sceafþan

    (ipsam rasuram)

    dyde on wæter,
      1, 1; S. 474, 38.
  • Monige spónas and sceafþan

    (astulas)

    nimaþ,
      3, 2; S. 524, 31: 3, 17; S. 544, 44, col. 2.
  • Genim heorotes sceafoþan of ðam horne,

      Lchdm. ii. 72, 13.
  • Genim heorotes sceafoþan of felle áscafen mid pumice,

      100, 14.
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v.  sceafþa.
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