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scealu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
scealu, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§57;
a shell, husk
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  • Scealu

    glumula,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 23.
  • Scalu, scala,

      Txts. 66, 462.
  • Scale ł hule

    glumula,

      Hpt. Gl. 439, 50. v. æpel-, beán-, stán-scealu.
a platter, dish, cup
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  • .VI. mæsene sceala,

      Chart. Th. 429, 30.
the scale of a balance
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  • Ðeós wǽge ł scalu

    haec lanx,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 73; Som. 14, 18.
  • Scale lanx, twá scale

    balances,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 39-40.
Etymology
[O. Sax. skala a drinting-vessel: O. L. Ger. scala concha: O. H. Ger. scala patera, cratera, concha, gluma: Icel. skál a bowl, a scale (of a balance).]
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v. wǽg-scealu.
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