geþing-sceat
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Substitute: Money paid to a person in order that terms may be granted by him, price paid for favourable terms 'Hé ne sealde Gode nánne métsceat for his sáule, ne nǽnne geðingsceat wið his miltse.' Ðæt is se médsceat wið his sáule 'non dabit Deo propitiationem
land-sceap
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Dele, and see next word
offrung-sceát
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An offering-sheet [explained in the following passage: Their offerings of bread and wine, which they brought . . . having their hands muffled up in a very fine linen cloth or offering-sheet, v. N. E. D. offering; 3] Hió becwið hyre beteran ofringsceát
sceáf-fót
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sceam-fæst
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Ne lyste þé fægeres wífes and sceamfestes? nonne te delectat uxor pulchra, pudica?, Solil. H. 36, 1. Add
sceam-lim
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Scame, scamlim (? printed scamescan lim) veretrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 54. Add
scear-wund
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Wounded in the share Gif man [s]cearwund sié .iii. sciłł. gebete, Ll. Th. i. 18, 9
tó-sceád
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Add Tóscádes difinitionis, An. Ox. 27, 12. Wæs heora ǽghwæðer Heáwold nemned. Wæs þis tósceád ( distinctio ) hwæðere þætte fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe óðer wæs cweden se blaca Heáwold, óðer se hwíta Heáwold, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference
sceac-líne
Linked entry: sceacged
sceam-full
Modest, chaste
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Modest, chaste Sceomfull pudica, Rtl. 108, 25. Sceomfullre verecundia, 110, 3. Schrift schal beon . . . edmod, scheomeful, dredful, A. R. 302, 23. Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these
sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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shamefast, bashful Scæemlíc, seó scamfæste pudibunda, pudica, erubescens, Hpt. Gl. 492, 53. shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious Ðá ongan hé him secgan hú lytel and hú scomlíc ðæs monnes líf biþ hér on worolde . . . and hú wuldorlíc seó éce eádignes
sceáf-mǽlum
In sheaves or bundle:
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In sheaves or bundle: Gadriaþ ǽrest ðone coccel, and bindaþ sceáfmǽlum, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 30
wæter-sceát
A napkin; mappa,
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A napkin; mappa,Wrt. Voc. i. 27, l
Linked entry: wæter-scíte
æppel-sceal
The sheath that encloses the pip of an apple
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The sheath that encloses the pip of an apple Filmenum, æpelscealum ymb ðá cyrnlu cittis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 69. and add:
wígbed-sceát
An altar-cloth
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An altar-cloth Bewindan ða mágas ðæs cildes hand on ðæs altares weófodsceáte ( in palla altaris ), R. Ben. 103, 14. Ðis syndon ða cyrican mádmas on Scírburnan. Ðǽr synd ... .ii. mæssereáf and iii mæssehakelan and ii weóvedsceátas and ii overbrǽdels,
gúþ-scear
War-shearing ⬩ slaughter in battle
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War-shearing, slaughter in battle, Beo. Th. 2430; B. 1213
Linked entry: scear
snǽding-sceáp
A sheep to be killed for eating
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A sheep to be killed for eating Hý teohhiaþ ús him tó snǽdincgsceápum aestimati sumus ut oves occisionis Ps. Th. 43, 23
Linked entry: sceáp
geþing-sceat
Ransom
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Ransom He ne sealde Gode nǽnne geþingsceat wið his miltse he gave God no ransom for his mercy, Past. 45; Swt. 339, 10; Hat. MS
hleów-sceorp
A protecting garment
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A protecting garment, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 15; Rä. 10, 5
scop-cræft
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The poet's art, poetry Sceop poeta, ic leornige sceopcræft (scop-) poetor, Ælfc. Gr. 36 ; Zup. 215, 9