screncan
- verb [ weak ]
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Eft hé cwæð: 'Ne screnc dú ðone blindan' . . . Se screncþ ðone blindan ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ
protinus adjunxit: 'Nec coram coeco pones offendiculum' . . . Coram coeco offendiculum ponere est . . . ei, qui lumen discretionis non habet, scandali occasionem praebere.
- Past. 59, 6; Swt. 453, 1-4.
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Cf. Hé þurh ealle uncysta ða mód gescrencþ
per universa vitia animum supplantat,
- 11, 6; Swt. 73, 2.
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Healden hié ðæt hié ða ne screncen ða ðe gáþ on ryhtne weg tóweard ðæs hefonríces
ne ad ingressum regni tendentibus obstaculum fiunt,
- 9; Swt. 59, 19.
Bosworth, Joseph. “screncan.” 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/27014.
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