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scríðan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
scríðan, p. scráð, pl. scridon; pp. scriden, scriðen.
Wright's OE grammar
§491;
to go, take one's way to a place
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  • Drihten gecwyð: 'Ástígaþ nú áwyrgde in ðæt wítehús.' Sóna æfter ðǽm wordum werige gástas hwyrftum scríðaþ in ðæt sceaðena scræf,

    • Cd. Th. 304, 17
      • ;
    • Sat. 631
      • .

  • Men ne cunnon hwyder helrúnan hwyrftum scríðaþ.

    • Beo. Th. 329
      • ;
    • B. 163
      • .

  • Com on wanre niht scrídan sceadugenga,

    • 1410
      • ;
    • B. 703
      • .
to go hither and thither, go about, wander
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  • Líg scríðeþ geond woruld

    wide fire shall spread itself far and wide through the world,

    • Exon. Th. 51, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 810
      • .

  • Fífte cyn is wídscriþelra hleápera, ðe under muneces gegyrlan ǽghwider scríaþ,

    • R. Ben. 135, 21
      • .

  • Bana wíde scráð (of the destroying angel that smote the firstborn of Egypt),

    • Cd. Th. 180, 3
      • ;
    • Exod. 39
      • .

  • Ðæt hine ne worian ne scríðan (uagari) ne lyste,

    • R. Ben. 126, 18
      • .

  • Swá scríðende hweorfaþ gleómen,

    • Exon. Th. 326, 27
      • ;
    • Víd. 135
      • .
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of the gliding motion of a ship, cloud, etc., or of the motion of a heavenly body in its orbit
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  • Ne æt mé hrisil scríðeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 417, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 36, 7
      • .

  • Sió scíre scell scríðeþ ymbútan dógora gehwylce

    the heavens make one revolution each day,

    • Met. 20, 174
      • :
    • 28, 16
      • .

  • Suine tungl scríðaþ leng útan ymb eall ðis,

    • 28, 8
      • .

  • Wolcnu scríðaþ

    clouds sail along,

    • Menol. Fox 486
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 13
      • .

  • Leax sceal on wǽle mid sceote scríðan,

    • 539
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 40
      • .

  • Sægl (the sun) gewát under scríðan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2913
      • ;
    • An. 1459
      • .

  • Léton scríðan bronte brimþisan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 474
      • ;
    • El. 237
      • .

  • Scríðende

    (revolving)

    færþ hweóle gelícost,

    • Met. 20, 216
      • .

  • Scríðende scín (the storm-clouds).

    • Exon. Th. 385, 29
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 52
      • .

  • Ofer ðæne (sǽ) oft scipu scríðende fleótaþ.

    • Ps. Th. 103, 24
      • .
of the increase or decrease of light
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  • Heó ðæt leóht geseah ellor scríðan.

    • Cd. Th. 48, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 773
      • .

  • Niht ofer ealle scríðan cwóme.

    • Beo. Th. 1305
      • ;
    • B. 650
      • .
of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time
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  • Ðæs scríð ymb seofon niht Weódmónaþ on tun,

    • Menol, Fox 270
      • ;
    • Men. 136
      • .

  • Dagas forþ scridun,

    • Exon. Th. 160, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 942
      • .

  • Ofer niðða beam nihtrim scridon,

    • 167, 35
      • ;
    • Gú. 1070
      • .

  • Cymeþ wlitig scríðan on tun Maius,

    • Menol. Fox 152
      • ;
    • Men. 77
      • .

  • Ðenden him ðeós woruld scríðende scínan móte,

    • Exon. Th. 97, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 1585
      • .

  • Mín feorh ende geséceþ dæg scríðende, ðonne dógor beóþ mín forþ scriðen,

    • 164, 10-16
      • ;
    • Gú. 1011
      • .
Etymology
[
Ða com Scottene king scriðen to hirede, Laym. 10799.
He scrað (com, 2nd MS. ) to þisse londe, 4109.
Tweien scalkes scriðen under bordes & skirmden, 8405.
None of þe Normandes fro þam might skrith, Min. v. 68.
To scrythe labi, Cath. Angl. 326.
O. Sax. scríðan, scrídan to go, pass (of time, light)
:
O. H. Ger. scrítan gradi
:
Icel. skríða to creep, crawl; to glide, slide.
]
Similar entries
v. geond-, tó-, þurh-, ymb-scríðan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “scríðan.” 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/27047.

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