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sceamol

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sceamol, es; m.
A bench, stool. The word remains in the form shambles, properly stalls or benches on which butchers expose meat for sale
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  • Sceamul

    scabellum

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 24.
  • Scamol

    subsellium

    ,
      289, 24.
  • Scamel, sceamul, sceamol

    scabellum

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 31, 7.
  • Scamul, scæmol. Ps. Spl. 98, 5.
  • Ðara mynetera sceamelas

    mensas nummulariorum

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. 21, 12.
  • Sceomolas,

      Blickl. Homl. 71, 18.
  • Swá forþ be efise tó lippan hamme; ðæt tó ðám scamelan ; swá forþ tó stapole. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 184, 14.
Etymology
[Þe 'halewen makeden of al þe worlde ase ane stol (scheomel, MS. C.: schamel, MS. T. ) to hore uet, A. R. 166, 16. I sal set þe faas of þe schamel of þi fete to be, Ps. 109, I. O. Sax. fót*-*skamel: O. H. Ger. scamal scabellum, subsellium: Ger. schemel a stool: Dan. skammel. From Lat. scamellum.]
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v. fót-, rǽde-, rǽding-sceamol.
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v.  sceamel.
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