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scier-

(prefix)

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Scild

(n.)
Grammar
Scild, es; m.

The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings

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The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings. His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr

scima

(n.)
Grammar
scima, an; m.

Shadow ⬩ gloom

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Shadow, gloom Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman, Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106. Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116

Linked entry: scimian

scipen

Similar entry: scypen

-scíte

(suffix)

-cornered

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-cornered

Linked entry: sceát

scól

Similar entry: scolu

scom-

(prefix)

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scúa

Similar entry: scúwa

scyl

Similar entry: scill

gál-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
gál-scipe, es; m. [gál lust, -scipe -ship]

Luxury ⬩ lustfulness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ wantonness ⬩ lewdness ⬩ luxŭria ⬩ lĭbīdo ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ petulantia ⬩ saty̆riăsis ⬩ σατυρίασιs

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Luxury, lustfulness, lasciviousness, wantonness, lewdness; luxŭria, lĭbīdo, lascīvia, petulantia, saty̆riăsis σατυρίασιs He begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe comessatiōnĭbus văcat et luxŭriæ atque convīviis, Deut. 20, 21. We lǽraþ, ðæt man wið

scín-lǽc

(adj.)
Grammar
scín-lǽc, scín-lǽce, -lác; adj.

Magical ⬩ phantasmal

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Magical, phantasmal Hí him héton gefeccean tó Escolapius ðone scínlácan mid ðære scínlǽcan (-lácan, MS. L.) nædran, Ors. 3, 10, tit.; Swt. 3, 19. Álésedo from ǽlcum ongifeht scínelácum libera ab omni inpugnatione fantasmatica, Rtl. 98, 26

Bedan ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Bedan ford-scír, Bæda-ford-scír, Beada-ford-scír, Bede-ford-scír, e ; f.

BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen

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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1

mana-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
mana-scipe, es; m.

Humanity ⬩ kindness ⬩ civility

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Humanity, kindness, civility Manscipes weldǽdum underþeódde humanitatis offitiis deditos, Cod. Dip. Birch 154, 38. Manscipe gyfan beþearfendum and ælþeódigum humanitatem peregrinis et egentibus impendere, 155, 5

met-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
met-scipe, es; m.

Food ⬩ refection

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Food, refection Habban ða xii heora metscype tógædere, and fédan hig swá swá hig sylfe wyrðe munon, and dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 6

wine-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wine-scipe, es; m.

Friendship

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Friendship Winescipe collegio (the passage is: Inseparabili angelicae sodalitatis collegio perfrui, Ald. 15), Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 10: 18, 5. Lǽst wǽre and winescype, word ða wit sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 172, 17; Gú. 1145

dol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
dol-scipe, es; m. [dol foolish; scipe termination, q. v.]

Foolishness, folly, error ⬩ stultĭtia, error

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Foolishness, folly, error ; stultĭtia, error Giongra monna dolscipe hí ofslihþ the folly of young men kills them, Past. 50, 2; Hat. MS

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.

an official ⬩ officer ⬩ ruler ⬩ one who discharges the duties of a scír ⬩ an inhabitant of a district

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an official, officer, ruler, one who discharges the duties of a scír Similar entries (v. scír, I.) Scírman procurator, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 37. Wæs scíremonn (Pontius Pilatus) procurante Pontio Pilato, Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 1.

mæssepreóst-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-scír, e; f.

The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated

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The district attached to the church at which a masspriest officiated Gif man hwylc metrum cild tó mæssepreóste bringe, sý of swylcre mæssepreóstscýre swylce hyt sý, L. E. I. 17; Th. ii. 412, 21. Cf. Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean

mynster-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-scír, e; f.

The management of a monastery

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The management of a monastery Hé gewát tó his mynsterscíre ad monasterii sui curam secessit, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 13

tún-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
tún-scipe, es; m.

The inhabitants of a tún

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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26. Hé hét