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scýan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scýan, (for scýhan), scýn (?); p. de
To prompt, urge, persuade, suggest
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  • Ða ǽrestan synne se weriga gást scýde . . . Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde

    primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente,

      Bd. l, 27; S. 497, 14-20.
  • Wé getǽceþ ł scýaþ him

    nos suadebimus ei,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 14.
  • Cf. scýhend, scýend

    maulistis,

      Txts. 78, 654.
  • Scýhend

    malistis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 52.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. scúhenti exhortans, Grff. vi. 417.]
Similar entries
v. sceóness, scyhtan.
Linked entries
v.  scýend scýhend scyhtan.
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