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sceáwere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sceáwere, es; m.
an observer, one who examines into a matter
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  • Wé willaþ ðæt se sceáwre wite mid fullum geráde, ðe ðis gewrit áspyraþ,

    • Anglia viii. 331, l.

  • Ðone dóm ðæs sceáweres

    spectatoris judicium,

    • Past. 15, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 93, 6
      • .
a spy
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  • Hé sende sceáwere (scéware, Lind.)

    misso speculatore,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 6,27.

  • Gé synd sceáweras

    exploratores estis,

    • Gen. 42, 9, 14.

  • Leáse sceáweras,

    • Beo. Th. 511
      • ;
    • B. 253
      • .

  • Moises sende twelf sceáweras,

    • Num. 13, 4: Jos. 2, l.
a watch-tower (?)
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  • Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms),

    speculia

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 4.
a mirror
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  • Sceáwere(in a list of words connected with dress.)

    speculea

  • Cf.

    Alse hit bi þe wimman and bi sheawere . hie bihalt hire sheawere . and cumeð hire shadewe þaronne,

    • O. E. Homl. ii. 29, 10.

  • Godes word is ase a uayr ssewere, ine huam me yziȝt alle þe lakkes of þe herte,

    • Ayenb. 202, 21.

  • Sheweres

    glasses

    • (A. V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54.
a buffoon, an actor
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  • Sceáwera

    scurrarum ,

    ii.
    • 90,
      • 13.
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(v. sceáwend-sprǽc)
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. scouwari spectator, contemplator, scrutator
.]
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v. be-, fore-, steór-sceáwere.
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v.  sceáwend-sprǽc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sceáwere.” 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/26644.

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