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Substitute:
to shear.
to cut the hair off the head
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  • Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað,

      Lch. iii. 200, 21.

  • Gesce(o)rene

    rasam,

      An. Ox. 56, 12.
to cut the wool off sheep
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  • Sceáp gesihð gescorene hýnðe getácnað,

      Lch. iii. 208, 26.
to cut through.
of a person's action
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  • Hé him on heáfde helm gescer, þæt hé blóde fáh búgan sceolde,

      B. 2973.
of the operation of a weapon
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  • Seó ecg geswác þeódne æt þearfe; þolode ǽr fela handgemóta, helm oft gescær,

      B. 1526.
  • (O.H.Ger. ge-sceran radere, resecare.)
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceran.” 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/49545.

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