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sceafan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sceafan, scafan;scóf; 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
.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-sceafan (-scafan) .
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sceafan.” 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/26521.

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