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scirian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scirian, p. ede; pp. scired, scirred (v. á-scirred)
To separate, divide (v. scirung, á-, tó-scirian), but used only metaphorically of setting apart something as a person's lot, to ordain, assign, allot, dispense
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  • Swá missenlíce meahtig Dryhten geond eorþan sceát eullum dǽleþ, scyreþ and scrífeþ,

      Exon. Th. 331, 10; Vy. 66.

  • God geond middangeard monna cræftas sceóp and scyrede,

      332, 34; Vy. 95.

  • Ðara gifena ðe him tó duguþe Drihten scyrede,

      Cd. Th. 221, 13 ; Dan. 87.

  • Sceóp ðá and scyrede Scyppend úre oferhídig cyn engla of heofnum

    then did our Creator adjudge and ordain the presumptuous race of angels to banishment from heaven,

      Cd. Th. 5, 1; Gen. 65.

  • Gif ðé Alwalda scirian wille ðæt ðú móte

    if the All-ruler be pleased to grant thee opportunity,

      171, 12 ; Gen. 2827.

  • Sceolde him beón deáþ scyred

    should death be the lot doomed him,

      31, 15; Gen. 485.

  • Sié hira dǽl scired mid Marian

    may their part be assigned with Mary,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2462; El. 1232,
    Ðǽr womsceaþan on ðone wyrsan dǽl scyrede weorþaþ, háteþ Scyppend him gewítan on ða winstran nond, Exon. Th. 75, 26; Cri. 1227.
Etymology
[O. Sax. skerian: O. H. Ger. scerian.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-scerian, -scirian.
Linked entries
v.  scerian scyrian swyrige.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scirian.” 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/26916.

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