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weorold-sceaft

(n.)
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weorold-sceaft, e ; f.
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A creature of this world, an earthly creature Wuldres Waldend and woruldsceafta, Exon. Th. 188, 20; Az. 48. Woruldsceafta wuldor, 190, 16; Az. 74

weorold-sceamu

(n.)
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weorold-sceamu, e; f.
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Worldly shame, disgrace among men Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame, Wulfst. 163, 3-7. Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame

á-sceacan

(v.)
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Add: to shake off, remove by shaking Ic of ásceace (-scace, v. l.) excutio, ic on ásceace incutio, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 169, 8, 9. Ásceacan excutere, ásceacene excussam, expulsam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 20, 21. literal Hé áscóc hí ( the viper ) in tó fýre, Hml

Linked entries: sceacan on-sceacan

á-sceádan

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Add Áweg álúcan oððe ásceádan discludere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 51. Sý fram ásceádan excipiatur, i. segregatur, 145, 11. to separate, dissociate, literal Þém áscádendum, quia carbones inseparunt scoria de ferro [marginal gloss on cum carbonibus], Bl.

Linked entry: sceádan

á-sceaman

(v.)
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to be ashamed Ásceamen erubescant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 14

Linked entry: sceaman

be-sceafan

(v.)
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be-sceafan, p. -scóf
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To scrape thoroughly Bescæf útan swíðe clǽne ðá moran, Lch. iii. 18, 28

díc-sceard

(n.)
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díc-sceard, es; n.
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A gap in a ditch Dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 20

Linked entry: sceard

dol-sceaþa

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Add: dol(h)-sceaþa (?) a robber who wounds. Cf. dolswaþu for dolh-swaþu

fót-sceanca

(n.)
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fót-sceanca, an; m.
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The leg from the knee downwards, the shank Nim blæces hundes deádes þone swýþran fótscancan (fóten (fótes?) sceancan, v.l. ), Lch. i. 362, 27

ge-sceaft

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Add: a masc. pl. ge-sceaftas occurs. what is created, all created things, creation Twá ðing syndon; án is Scyppend, óðer is gesceaft . . . þæt is gesceaft, þæt se sóða Scyppend gesceóp. Þæt sind ǽrest heofonas, and englas . . . and syððan þeós eorðe

ge-sceand

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sceand, adj.
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Ashamed

hyge-sceaft

(n.)
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For gender cf. frum-sceaft

metod-sceaft

(n.)
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The word might be masculine. Cf. fram-sceaft

of-sceádan

(v.)
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to divide off, separate Ofsceádes (or ? of sceádes) ł gesundras definiens, Mt. p. 12, 13

Linked entry: sceádan

sáwel-sceatt

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Þis is Alfwoldes bisceopes cwyde, ꝥ is ðæt hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda intó þám mynstre intó Crydiantúne him tó sáulsceatte mid mete and mid mannum swá hit stent bútan wíteþeówum mannum, Cht. Crw. 23, 3. Add

sceadd-genge

Similar entry: genge

sceard-hweogol

(n.)
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a circle made of shards (?) On sceardhweogol, C. D. iii. 419, 11. (?)

scearn-wibba

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Scernwibba cantarus, scarabeus, An. Ox. 23, 23. Add

swín-sceadu

(n.)
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swín-sceadu, [Literally swine-shade, referring to the shelter afforded to swine by the trees under which they feed: then the payment for the right to pasture them.]
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Payment for the pasturing of swine Ut pleniter persolvant omnia que ad jus ipsius ecclesie juste competant, scilicet ea que Anglice dicuntur ciricsceatt, and toll i.e. theloneum, and tacc, i.e. swinsceade, Cht. Th. 263, 7. [In his glossary Thorpe quotes

Linked entry: tacc

tó-sceacan

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