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scræf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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scræf, screaf, scref, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345;
a cave, cavern, hollow place in the earth
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  • Scræf

    spelunca,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 21.

  • Ðǽr (

    hell

    ) biþ fýr and wyrm, open éce scræf,
      Cd. Th. 212, 10; Exod. 537.

  • Cirice on scræfes onlícnesse,

      Blickl. Homl. 197, 18.

  • Hé férde tó ðam munte and on ánum scræfe (

    in spelunca

    ) wunode,
      Gen. 19, 30: 23, 11.

  • Hé hét wilian tó ðám scræfe (

    ad os speluncae

    ) micele weorcstánas,
      Jos. 10, 18.

  • Scræfe

    crypta,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 59.

  • Scrafe

    antro,

      Hpt. Gl. 483, 76.

  • Tó ánum micclum screafe under ánre dúne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 424, 21.

  • Tó screfe ł scrife

    ad cloacum,

      Hpt. Gl. 515, 72.

  • Hí ne mihton ofer ðæt scræf,

      Blickl. Homl. 201, 16.

  • Cwóman wyrmas of ðǽm neáhdúnum and scrafum

    ex vicinis montium speluncis,

      Nar. 14, 6.

  • On wéstenum and on scræfum,

      Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 21.

  • Scræfu

    speluncas, concavas petras,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 66.

  • Screafu

    cavernas,

      21, 64.
a miserable dwelling, a den
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  • Neara scræf gurgustulum vel

    gurgustium,

    i.
      58, 29.

  • Niht*-*hrefne gelíc ðe on scræfe eardaþ

    sicut nycticorax in domicilio,

      Ps. Th. 101, 5.

  • Gé mín hús habbaþ gedón sceaðum tó screafe (cf. gé worhtun ðæt tó þeófa cote,

      Mt. Kmbl. 21, 13), Homl. Th. i. 406, 3.

  • Se hæfde on byrgenum scræf (

    domicilium

    ),
      Mk. Skt. 5, 3.

  • Geond ðæt atole scræf (

    hell

    ),
      Cd. Th. 272, 33; Sat. 129: 290, 22; Sat. 419.

  • Scref,

      266, 23; Sat. 26: 269, 15; Sat. 73.

  • Gé mín hús dóþ sceaþum tó scrafum,

      Blickl. Homl. 71. 20.

  • Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálíc biscop sitte (cf. ðá wolde se hálga sum hús timbrian,

      144, 31), Homl. Th. ii. 146, 28.
  • On wáclícum screafum oððe hulcum lutigende, i. 544, 30. v. dún-, eorþ-, wíte-, wráþ-scræf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scræf.” 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/27001.

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