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sceþþan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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Grammar
sceþþan, p. sceþede
Wright's OE grammar
§233; §254; §258; §301; §510; §526;
To scathe, hurt, harm, injure
with dat.
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  • Ic nǽngum sceþþe,

      Exon. Th. 407, 9; Rä. 26, 2.
  • Nǽfre him deáþ sceþeþ,

      203, 23; Ph. 88.
  • Ðonne þunorrád biþ, ne sceþeþ ðam men ðe ðone stán (

    agate

    ) mid him hæfþ,
      Lchdm. ii. 296, 30: 162, 19.
  • Ne sceþ ðé nán wiht, iii. 178, 25.
  • Eów seó wergþu sceþþeþ scyldfullum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 619; El. 310.
  • Ús seó wyrd scyþeþ,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3121; An. 1563.
  • Nǽnig geweald deáþes him sceþþaþ

    leti nil jura nocebunt,

      Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 21.
  • Ðás þing sceþþaþ ðam eágum,

      Lchdm. ii. 26, 21.
  • Him ðæt ne sceþede,

      Shrn. 84, 29: 131, 1: Beo. Th. 3033; B. 1514: Blickl. Homl. 161, 32: 169, 6.
  • Ða sǽdeór hyre ne sceþedon,

      Shrn. 133, 11.
  • Hú ðú sóðfæstum swíðast sceþþe,

      263, 14; Jul. 349.
  • Ðý læs him gielp sceþþe,

      Exon. Th. 43, 6; Cri. 684: 299, 11; Crä. 100.
  • Ðam mon sceal sellan ða mettas ða ðe wambe nearwian and ðam magan ne sceþþan,

      Lchdm. ii. 278, 18.
  • Ðý læs hí him and his freóndum sceþeden

    ne sibi suisque nocerent,

      Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 35.
  • Se líg ne mæg ná sceþþan ðisse fǽmnan,

      Shrn. 130, 32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 15: 221, 17: Ps. Surt. 104, 14: Cd. Th. 273, 33; Sat. 146.
  • Scyþþan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2096; An. 1049.
  • Ðæt Scottas him nóht sceþþende ne áfuhton,

      Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 25.
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  • Se lég ða stuþo sceþþan ne meahte

    flamma destinam laedere nullatenus sinebatur,

      3, 17; S. 544, 33.
  • Ne mæg him bryne sceþþan wlitigne wuldorhoman,

      Exon. Th. 196, 23; Az. 178.
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  • Ic sceþþu

    nocebo,

      Ps. Surt. 88, 34.
  • Regnþeóf ne lǽt on sceade sceþþan,

      Exon. Th. 453, 15; Hy. 4, 15: Beo. Th. 492; B. 243.
  • Sceþþende

    nocens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 12.
  • Seó scæþþende wǽta,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1.
  • Ðú hýrdes sceþþendum sceaþan,

      Exon. Th. 85, 24; Cri. 1396.
Etymology
[Icel. skeðja; p. skaddi.]
Similar entries
v. ge-sceþþan; sceaþan, sceaþian.
Linked entries
v.  sceaþan.
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