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sceár

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sceár, e ; f.
A pair of shears or scissors; but the word is generally used in the plural (dual?) as the modern shears, scissors
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  • Scér

    forfex,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 65.

  • Scéroro, scérero forices, Txts. 60, 401. ísern*-*scéruru

    forfex,

      65, 903.

  • Sceára

    forfex,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 21.

  • Sceára

    forficis,

    ii.
      1, 15.

  • Tange forcipis, tang forceps, sceára

    forficis,

      33, 35-37.

  • Tangan, tange forcipis, sceáre[n]

    forficis,

      Hpt. Gl. 417, 75.

  • Hí ne scoldon hira loccas lǽtan weaxan ac hié scoldon hié efsigean mid sceárum

    non comam nutrient, sed tondentes attondent capita sua.

      Past. 18, 7 ; Swt. 139, 14.
  • Ne hé his loccas mid sceárum wanode. Shrn. 93, 9.

  • Hé sceal habban horscamb and sceára (

    shears) ... sceárra (scissors ),

    nǽdle,
      Anglia. ix. 263, 8-15.

  • Cf. Ræglsceára forfices, fexsceára

    forpices,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 21, 22.
Etymology
[My berd, myn beer ... That nevere yit ne felte offensioun of rasour ne of schere, Chauc. Kn. T. 1559. A shepster (sutrix) shere, Piers P. 13, 331. Schere (scherys) to clyppe wythe forfex. Prompt. Parv. 445, col. 2. O. Frs. skére, schére; f.: O. H. Ger. scári ; pl. Forpices ; scára forfex : M. H. Ger. schære: Ger. schere: Icel. skæri; n. pl. Shears.]
Similar entries
v. secg-gescére.
Linked entries
v.  scér secg-gescére feax-sceára.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sceár.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26593.

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