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sceran

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scǽron, sceáron; pp. scoren.
to cut, shear
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  • Ðonne sweord swín ofer helme scireþ,

      Beo. Th. 3579; B. 1287.

  • Hæleþ higerófe linde heówon, scildburh scǽron,

      Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305.

  • Lǽtaþ íren ecgheard ealdorgeard sceoran,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2364; An. 1183.

  • Ðæt hi hlípen unwillende on ðæt scorene clif unþeáwa

    quia per multa etiam, quae non appetunt, iniquitatum abrupta rapiuntur.

      Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 8.

  • Scearde scúrbeorge, scorene, gedrorene,

      Exon. Th. 476, 10; Ruin. 5.

  • Scorenum

    rassis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 77.
to shave hair
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  • Ic scere tondeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 9:

    rado,

      28, 4; Som. 31, 24.

  • Ǽghwá mín heáfod scireþ,

      Exon. Th. 482, 6; Rä. 66, 3.

  • Ne hé his loccas mid sceárum wanode, ne his beard mid seaxe scear,

      Shrn. 93, 9.

  • Ne gé eów ne efesion ne beard ne sciron

    neque in rotundum attondebitis comam, nec radetis barbam,

      Lev. 19, 27.

  • Ne eówre hǽr ne sciron

    nec facietes calvitium super mortuos,

      Deut. 14, 1.

  • Suíðe ryhte wæs ðæm sacerde forboden ðæt hé his heáfod sceáre (

    caput radere

    ),
      Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 25.

  • Heáfdu scieran mid scierseaxum

    caput radere,

      Swt. 139, 12.

  • Se ylca preóst com tó Gúðláce, ðæt hé hine wolde scyran,

      Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 44, 20.

  • Tó scearanne (beard)

    ad tondendum,

      Rtl. 97, 16.
to cut the hair of the head
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  • Heó scear hyre feax swá swá weras, and gegyrede hý mid weres hrægle,

      Shrn. 133, 13.
to shear sheep
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  • Hí sculan waxan sceáp and sciran on hiora ágenre hwíle

    they shall wash and shear sheep in their own time,

      Chart. Th. 145, 13.
  • Sceáp scyran, Anglia ix. 261, 10.

  • Hé fór scép tó sciranne

    ad tondendas oves,

      Gen. 38, 13.
Etymology
[O. Frs. skera: O. H. Ger. sceran tondere: Icel. skera to cut.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-sceran.
Linked entries
v.  sciran scyran ge-sceran be-sceran scearan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sceran.” 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/26734.

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