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sceáþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sceáþ, scǽþ, e; f.
A sheath
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  • Sceáþ

    vagina,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 19: 84, 25.
  • Sweord of sceáþe átugon ða synfullan

    gladium evaginaverunt peccatores,

      Ps. Spl. 36, 14: Judth. Thw. 22, 26; Jud. 79.
  • Of scéþe,

      Byrht. Th. 136, 37; By. 162.
  • Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron

    gladii reconduntur in vaginas,

      Prud. 72 a.
    Brugdon scealcas of sceáþum scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230.
  • Scǽþum,

      Cd. Th. 120, 9; Gen. 1992.
  • Hé áwende his swurd intó ðære sceáþe,

      Homl. Th. i. 482, 32.
  • On scæáþe (scǽþe,

      MSS. A. B. C.), Jn. Skt. 18, 11.
  • On hys scǽþe,

      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 52.
Etymology
[O. Sax. skéðia: O. H. Ger. sceida theca, vagina : Icel. skeiðir; pl. a sheath.]
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v.  scéþ.
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