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sceaþan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sceaþan, p. scód, sceód; pp. sceaþen. [This strong form seems almost confined to the poetry, the prose maiking use of sceþþan, q. v.]
To scathe, hurt, harm, injure,
with dat.
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  • Ðé ne sceaþeþ ǽnig,

      Ps. Th. 90, 7.
  • Oft ic ó;ðrum scód,

      Exon. Th. 401, 22; Rä. 21, 15.
  • Hé tóswengde líges leóman, swá hyra líce ne scód,

      189, 16; Az. 60: 197, 9; Az. 187.
  • Se ðe nǽngum scód,

      90, l; Cri. 1467.
  • Ðæt éce níþ ældum scód,

      346, 5; Gn. Ex. 200.
  • Ús hearde sceód freólecu fǽmne (

    Eve

    ),
      Cd. Th. 61, 15; Gen. 997: 245, 17; Dan. 464.
  • Sió hæleþum sceód (

    punished?

    ),
      Elen. Kmbl. 1415; El. 709.
  • Him ða cwyðe frécne scódon,

      Cd. Th. 96, 20; Gen. 1597.
  • Scódun,

      Exon. Th. 134, 30; Gú. 516.
  • Ðæt him feóndes hond æt ðam ýtemestan ende ne scóde,

      129, 1; Gú. 414.
  • Sceaþen is mé sáre, frécne on ferhþe. Cd. Th. 53,

      31; Gen. 869.
with acc.
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  • Oft mec ísern scód sáre on sídan,

      Exon. Th. 485, 14; Rä. 71, 13.
without a case
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  • Ne ic ne scaþe (scaþeð, MS.)

    neque nocebo,

      Ps. Spl. 88, 33.
  • Ðý læs scyldhatan sceaþan mihton. Andr. Kmbl. 2296; An. 1149.
Etymology
[Goth. skaþjan; p. skóþ.]
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v. sceþþan, sceaþian.
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