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scearpe

  • adverb
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scearpe, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
Sharply, keenly.
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  • Ða fugelas ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ syndon scearpe gebilode

    the birds that live on flesh are sharp-billed,

      Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 19.
referring to seeing, observing
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  • Scearpe gesceáwian,

      Ps. Th. 93, 9.
  • Se ðe ealra scearpost lócianne mæg,

      Shrn. 187, 1.
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  • scearpe, adv.