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scealc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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scealc, es; m.
a servant
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  • Eálá ic eom ðín ágen esne Dryhten and ðín swylce eom scealc ombehte (cf. ambeht-scealc) and ðíure þeówan suna

    O Domine, quia ego servus tuus, ego servus tuus, et filius ancillae tuae,

      Ps. Th. 115, 6.

  • Ic eom ðín hold scealc

    tuus sum ego,

      118, 94.

  • Dó ðínes scealces (

    servi

    ) sáwle blíðe,
      85, 3.

  • Tó scealce

    in servum,

      104, 15.

  • Hǽl ðínne scealc

    salvum fac servum tuum,

      85, 2: 88, 17.

  • Hé Moyses sende his sylfes scealc

    misit Moysen servum suum,

      104, 22.

  • Beseoh on ðíne scealcas

    respice in servos tuos,

      89, 18.

  • Babilone weard hét his scealcas scúfan ða hyssas in bǽlblyse,

      Cd. Th. 230, 10; Dan. 231.
as a term of reproach
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  • Ðá hine heówon hǽðene scealcas,

      Byrht. Th. 137, 5; By. 181.

  • Hwílum ic gehére helle scealcas, gnorniende cynn,

      Cd. Th. 273, 8; Sat. 133.
a man, soldier, sailor
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  • Scealc (

    Beowulf

    ) hafaþ dǽde gefremede, ðe wé ealle ǽr ne meahton,
      Beo. Th. 1883; B. 939.

  • Eode scealc monig swíð*-*nicgende tó sele searowundor seón,

      1841; B. 918.

  • Hú mæg ðæt gesceádwís scealc (cf. gesceádwís mon,

      Bt. 28; Fox 100, 30)
    gereccan, ðæt hé him ðý sélra þince, Met. 15, 14.

  • Brugdon scealcas (

    the Jews who defeated the Assyrians

    ) of sceáðum scírmǽled swyrd,
      Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230.

  • Næs scealca nán

    there was no one,

      Met. 8, 21.

  • Scipu mid scealcum

    ships with their crews,

      Exon. Th. 362, 3; Wal. 31.
Etymology
[Þer wes moni bald scalc (cniht, 2nd MS.), Laym. 19126. Heo wenden bi þen scelden þat hit heore scalkes (men, 2nd MS.) weoren, 4219. Schalk a knight, Gaw. 160. Goth. skalks δοῦλος: O. Sax. skalk servus: O. Frs. skalk a servant, slave: O. H. Ger. scalch servus, famulus, manceps: Icel. skálkr a rouge. v. Grmm. R. A. 302, and Grff. vi. 480 sqq. for compounds.]
Similar entries
v. ambeht-, beór-, freoðo-scealc.
Linked entries
v.  scilcen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scealc.” 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/26536.

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