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scrín

  • noun [ neuter ]
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scrín, es; n.
a chest, coffer, casket, box in which precious things are kept: — Scrín arca vel scrinium,
    Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 49
: capsella, 33, 62: arca, 80, 79. Ðæt hálige scrín the ark of the covenant. Homl. Th. ii. 214, 35: Jos. 4, 7. Godes scrín, 7, 6: Num. 14, 10. Ðæt scrín, Jos. 3, 8, 13. Hé (
Judas) hæfde scrín (loculos) and baer ða þing ðe man sende, Jn. Skt. 12, 6: 13, 29. Hire scrín mid hiræ háligdómæ, Chart. Th. 553, 12.
a receptacle for the relics of a saint, a shrine
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a cage in which a criminal is confined
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Etymology
[O. H. Ger. scríni scrinium, loculus: Icel. skrín a shrine. From Latin.]
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