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scúr

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
scúr, sceór, scyur, es; m. : e; f. (?)
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §312;
a shower, storm of rain, snow, hail, etc.
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  • Scúr

    nimbus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 60 : 76, 42.

  • Scyúr (scúr,

      Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 54.

  • Ðes scúr

    hic imber,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 43, 7.

  • Swylce scúr ofer gærs

    quasi imber super herbam,

      Cant. M. ad fil. 2.

  • Rénes scúr,

      Exon. Th. 215, 1; Ph. 246.

  • Regna scúr,

      Cd. Th. 252, 10; Dan. 576.

  • Hægles scúr,

      50, 13; Gen. 808.

  • Syððan (

    after the overflow of the Nile)

    tó twelf mðndurn ne cymþ dǽr nán óðer scúr, óð ðæt seó eá eft up ábrece,
      Lchdm. iii. 254, 2.

  • Ðonnesceór cymeþ,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1024; An. 512.

  • Ðá wæs geblissod seó Godes burh for ðam cyme ðæs scúres ðe hý geclǽnsode

    fluminis impetus laetificat civitatem Dei,

      Ps. Th. 45, 4.

  • Scúre nimbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 54:

    inserenae,

      Hpt. Gl. 514, 15.

  • Scúras

    imbres,

      Ps. Lamb. 77, 44.

  • Geþénsume scúras

    coloni nimbi,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 28.

  • Wealcaþ hit (

    hail

    ) windes scúras (?
      MS. scúra), Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 6; Rún. 9.

  • Scúra procellarum, Hpt. Gl. 509, 20 [H]reósendlícum scúrum

    ruituris imbribus,

      499, 64: 501, 6: Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 15.

  • Seó lyft liccaþ ðone wǽtan of ealre eorþan and of ðære sǽ and gegaderaþ tó scúrum,

      Lchdm. iii. 276, 13.

  • Weal sceal wiðstondan storma scúrum, Exon. Th. 281, 25; Jul. 651. I a. metaph.

    a shower

    of missiles :-- Flána scúras,
      Judth. Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 221: Elen. Kmbl. 234; El. 117.

  • Hygegár léteþ, scúrum sceóteþ, Exon. Th. 315, 22; Mód. 35. I b.

    a shower

    of blows of a hammer falling on a weapon (?) :-- Scearpne méce scúrum heardne,
      Judth. Thw. 22, 26; Jud. 79.
  • Cf. scúr-heard.
metaph.
a storm, trouble, disquiet
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  • Swá ðeós woruld fareþ scúrum (cf. scýr-mǽlum) scyndeþ

    hurries on stormily,

      Exon. Th. 469, 24; Hy. 11, 7.
Etymology
[Goth. skúra (windis) λαῖλαψ, procella: O. Sax. skúr a missile, weapon That man ina wítnódi wápnes eggiun, skarpun skúrun, Hel. 5138. O. H. Ger. scúr tempestas, grando; also of weapons :-- Dó léttun sé askim scrítan, scarpén scúrim, Hildebrandslied 66. Icel. skúr a shower; a shower of missiles; vápna, hjálma skúr id.]
Similar entries
v. hægl-, hagal-, hilde-, regn-, winter-scúr; scýr-mǽlum, and next word.
Linked entries
v.  sceór scýr-mǽlum.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “scúr.” 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/27080.

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