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scearu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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scearu, scyru,e ; f.
a cutting, shaving
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  • Scaro

    tonsura,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 18.

  • Gif preóst sceare misgýme beardes oððe feaxes,

    • L. N. P. L. 34
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 294, 27.
a shearing of sheep
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  • Férde Laban tó his sceápa sceare

    ad tondendas oves,

    • Gen. 31, 19
      • .
the ecclesiastical tonsure.
    v.
  • L. Ecg. E. 152-154
    • ;
  • Th. ii. 124, 9-24
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  • Tó sceares gefe

    ad tondendi gratiam (in 'oratio ad capilaturam'),

    • Rtl. 97, 4: 95, 31
      • .

  • Ðá wǽron scorene ealle munecas and sacerdas on ðone béh Sc̃ePetres sceare,

    • Bd. 5, 21
      • ;
    • S. 643, 29
      • .

  • Tó reogollícum þeáwe rihtra Eástrena and scyre

    ad ritum Paschae ac tonsurae canonicum,

    • 5, 22
      • ;
    • S. 643, 38
      • .

  • Tó scare,

    • 5, 22
      • ;
    • S. 643, 38, note.

  • Hér Eádberht Norþhymbra cining féng tó scære

      ,
    • Chr. 757
      • ;
    • Erl. 53, 6
      • .

  • Ðæt hié heóldon ða ciriclecan scare,

    • 716
      • ;
    • Erl. 44, 19
      • .

  • Hé sceare onféng,

    • Bd. 3, 18
      • ;
    • S. 546, 10: 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 636, 26
      • .

  • Ða sceare onfón,

    • 5, 21
      • ;
    • S. 643, 22
      • .

  • Hé onféng preósthádes scare,

    • Shrn. 50, 27
      • .

  • Ða ðe beóþ gehádode fram Scyttiscum bisceopum oððe fram Bryttiscum, ða ðe sceare nabbaþ swá óðre cyriclíce preóstas,

    • L. Ecg. P. Addít. 5
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 232, 17.

  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige,

    • L. Edg. C. 47
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 254, 12
      • .
a share,
Similar entries
v. folc-, hearm-, land-, leód-, sceap-scearu.
Linked entries
v.  scyru.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “scearu.” 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/26622.

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