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æ-scære

  • adjective
  • participle
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æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]
Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus
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  • Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle

    it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not on hair, nor on nail,

    • L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20
    • .
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v. a-scære.
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v.  a-scære.
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  • æ-scære, adj.; part.