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sceafan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sceafan, scafan; p. scóf; pp. sceafen, scafen
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §508;
To shave, scrape, shred, polish
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  • Scaebe

    poleo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 63.
  • Gif hé ðæt ómige fæt mid ungemete scæfþ

    dam nimis cupit eradere eruginem,

      R. Ben. 121, 4.
  • Hé scóf on halig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216.
  • Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter

    rasa folia codicum, et ipsam rasuram aquae immissam,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37.
  • Monige men sprytlan ácurfon and on wæter scófan,

      3, 17; S. 544, 45, col. 1.
  • Sceaf (scaf,

      MS. B.)
    gáte horn on þrý scenceas, Lchdm. i. 352, 11: 344, 13.
  • Sceafe ðæt gréne, ii. 292, 26.
  • Ðú scealt hine scafan on wæter . . . and ðære reádan eorþan dǽl scafe ðǽrtð, ii. 290, 11-13.
Etymology
[Goth. skaban: O. L. Ger. scavan scalpere: O. H. Ger. scaban, scapan scabere, scalpers, radere: Icel. skafa.]
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v. á-, be-, ge-sceafan (-scafan).
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