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scencan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scencan, te
Wright's OE grammar
§531;
To skink (v. Nares' Glossary for instances of the use of this word), to pour out liquor for drinking, to give to drink (lit. and fig.)
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  • Ðúscæncst

    potabis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 35, 9.

  • Ðæt góde wín ðæt hé scencþ nú geond his gelaðunge,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 70, 11
      • .

  • Ðonne scencþ hé ða scylde mid ðære bisene ǽlcum ðæra ðe him ǽnges yfles tó wénþ

    cunctis mala credentibus per exemplum culpa propinatur,

    • Past. 59, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 451, 24.

  • Heó bær drincan and ús eallum þénade and scencte óð ðæt ðæt gereorde gefylled wæs

    obtulit poculum, coeptumque ministerium nobis omnibus propinandi usque ad prandium completum non omisit,

    • Bd. 5, 4
      • ;
    • S. 617, 26.

  • Þegn, se ðe on handa bær hroden ealowǽge, scencte scír wered,

    • Beo. Th. 996
      • ;
    • B. 496
      • .

  • Feónd byrlade ðære idese, and heó ( Eve ) hyre were scencte,

    • Exon. Th. 161, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 957
      • .

  • Mé þyrste, and gé mé scencton

    (cf. drincan sealdon, l. 21) ...

  • Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé þurstigne, and wé ðé scencton?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 108, 4-11: i. 336, 3:
    • Wulfst. 288, 15.

  • Ðá hí him betwih beadowíg scencton ðæs heofonlíces lífes

    dum sese alterutrum coelestis vitae poculis debriarent

    ,
    • Bd. 4, 29
      • ;
    • S. 607, 17.

  • Scencean

    propinare

    ,
    • Engl. Stud. ix. 40
      • .

  • Deáþes scencende drenc

    mortis propinans poculum

    ,
    • Hymn. Surt. 31, 15.

  • Nom heo (Rowena) ane bolle of ræde golde & heo gon scenchen,

    • Laym. 14962.

  • And tu . . . ne shennkesst nohht tatt wise, ne birrlesst tu þin hird,

    • Orm. 15403.

  • Þe drynke for to schenche

    ,
    • R. Glouc. 118, 12.

  • Schenkyn drynke propino

    ,
    • Prompt. Parv. 445 (v. note)
Etymology
[ .
O. Frs. skenka :
O. H. Ger. scenchen fundere, propinare, ministrare, porrigere:
Icel. skenkja to serve drink, fill one's cup:
cf.
O. Sax. skenkio a skinker, cupbearer
;
O. L. Ger. skenki-vaz cyathus
.]
Similar entries
v. bi-, forþ-scencan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scencan.” 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/26673.

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