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mǽg-scír

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-scír, e; f.

A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family

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A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family Teá monna látwu ofer téno oððe of mégscíre is decanus super x. vel decurio (the glosser seems to have taken de as a separate word) est, Rtl. 193, 19

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

pleg-scip

(n.)
Grammar
pleg-scip, es; n.
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A small ship, a yacht (?); parunculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 35, v. next word

biscop-scír

(n.)

a diocese

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a diocese, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 6, 10

scip-bíme

(n.)
Grammar
scip-bíme, an; f.
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A ship-trumpet Scypbýman classicam tubam, Germ. 391, 48

Linked entry: bíme

scip-broc

(n.)
Grammar
scip-broc, es; n.
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Trouble, hardship, or labour when journeying in a ship Paulus him rehte hú myccle scipbrocu hé gebád on ðæm síþe St. Paul related to them the hardships he had undergone on his voyage to Rome, Blickl. Homl. 173, 6

Linked entry: bróc

scip-bryce

(n.)
Grammar
scip-bryce, es; m.
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Ship-wreck, what comes ashore from wrecks Ic habbe gegeofen Ælfwine abbod intó Ramesége . . . scipbryce and ða sǽupwarp on eallen þingen swá wel swá ic hit mé seolf betst habbe bí ða sǽrime áhwǽr in Engelande, Chart. Th. 421, 33. (Cf. L. H. i. 10, 1

scip-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
scip-cræft, es; m.
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Naval power, strength in ships Swegen sende hider and bæd him fylstes ongeán Magnus, ðæt man sceolde sendan .L. scypa him tó fultume. Ac hit þúhte unrǽd eallum folce, and hit wearð gelet þurh ðæt ðe Magnus hæfde micelne scypcræft, Chr. 1048; Erl. 173

scip-drincende

(adj.)
Grammar
scip-drincende, (-drencende? see uére gidruncen mergeretur, l. 31)
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making shipwreck Paulum scipdrincende gifriáde Paulum naufragantem liberavit, Rtl. 61, 33

scip-farend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-farend, es; m.
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A ship-farer, sailor Aidan ðám scypfarendum ( nautis ) ðone storm tówardne foresægde, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 16. v. next word

Linked entry: farend

scip-férend

(n.)
Grammar
scip-férend, es; m.
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A sailor Wǽron hié on gescirplan scipférendum onlíce, eálíðendum, Andr. Kmbl. 500; An. 250. v. preceding word

Linked entry: ferend

scip-forðung

(n.)
Grammar
scip-forðung, -fyrðung, e; f.
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Preparation of ships Burhbóta and bricgbóta and scipforðunga (-fyrðunga, MS. B.) áginne man georne (cf. wærlíc biþ ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3), L. C. S. 10; Th. i. 380, 27

Linked entries: scip-fyrðrung fyrþung

scip-fylleþ

(n.)
Grammar
scip-fylleþ, the private jurisdiction exercised over a group of three hundreds. The word occurs in a charter of Edgar granting to Bishop Oswald certain privileges connected with three hundreds, where in reciting the request that had been made to the king it is said: 'quatinus posset ipse (Oswald) cum monachis suis unam naucupletionem, quod Anglice scypfylleð dicitur, per se habere.' The grant of the request is then stated: 'Ego Eadgarus Oswaldo episcopo annuo et dono huius libertatis priuilegium . . . ut ipse episcopus cum monachis suis de istis tribus centuriatibus . . . construant (constituant, Chart. Th. 214) unam naucupletionem, quod Anglice dicitur scypfylleð oððe scypsócne, in loco quem ob eius memoriam Oswaldeslaw deinceps appellari placuit, ubi querelarum causae secundum morem patriae et legum iura iure discernantur; habeatque ipse episcopus debita transgressionum . . . et omnia quaecunque rex in suis hundredis habet,' Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 240. The connection between the sense in which the word seems to be used in the charter and the meanings of the two parts of the compound may perhaps be found in the entry under the year 1008 in the Chronicle. It there apparently states, that from every three hundred hides one ship should be furnished to the national fleet, v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 105, and cf. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 255. The word fylleþ occurs in the compound winter-fyllef, q. v.; cf. also
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Icel. skip-sókn a ship's crew

Linked entry: scip-sócn

scip-gefére

(n.)
Grammar
scip-gefére, (?), es; n.
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A going by ship, navigation, sailing Hé on his scipgefére hwearf eft tó Cent rediit Cantiam navigio, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 41

scip-getawu

(n.)
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furniture of a ship Geréþru vel scipgetawu aplustre, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 19

scip-hamer

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hamer, es; m.
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A hammer carried in the hand, by which a signal is given to the rowers Sciphamor portisculus vel hortator remigum, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 20

scip-hlæst

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hlæst, es; m.
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the body of (fighting) men on a ship Claudius se consul fór an Púnice and him Hannibal út on sǽ ongeán com and ealle ofslóg búton .xxx. sciphlæsta ða óþflugon tó Libeum ðæm íglande Claudius consul contra hostem profectus superatus est. Et ipse quidem

Linked entry: hlæst

scip-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hláford, es; m.
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A ship-master Sciphláford nauclerus, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 16

scip-lád

(n.)
Grammar
scip-lád, e; f.
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Sailing, navigating Hé wolde on scypláde mid ða fǽmnan hám hweorfan navigio cum virgine redire disponebat, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 27

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