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ge-scínan

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Add: to shine Eft gesceán onsióne his resplenduit facies ejus, Mt. L. 17, 2. Gewoedo his huít swíða gesceán (giscionun, R.) uestitus eius albus refulgens, Lk. L. 9, 29. to shine on Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan

ge-scipe

(n.)
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ge-scipe, es; m. (?)
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Shape (?), condition, nature (?), cf. ge-sceap; l, 2 Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne . . . Gewát þá byrnende gebogen scríðan, tó gescipe (according to its shape? after the manner of reptiles? ) scyndan, B. 2570

gild-scipe

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On Wudeburge lande is eác án óðer gildscipe ge-gaderod Críste and S Petre . . . And þis sind þára manna nama[n], Cht. Th. 609, 24. Gif hwilc gilda forþfære, gebrynge hine eal se gildscipe þǽr hé tó; wilnie . . . Wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan, 611, 2

hand-scólu

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hand-scólu, l.
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scolu

hǽþen-scipe

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Add: the belief and practice of the heathen : — Mánfulles hǽþenscipes bígengcas fanaticę gentilitatis ceremonias, An. Ox. 2623. Albanus gelýfde on ðone sóðan God, and wiðsóc þám hǽðenscype, and wearð sóþlíce crísten, Hml. S. 19, 28. His fæder wæs . .

heámol-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
heámol-scipe, es; m.

Parsimonymiserlinessniggardliness

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Parsimony, miserliness, niggardliness Forlǽtan wé . . . níðas and nearoþancas and heámolscipas, Nap. 36

híw-scipe

a housefamily

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Add: a house, family On eardungstówe húses ł híwscipes mínes in tabernaculo domus meae, Ps. L. 131, 3. Wæs sum híwscipes man erat quidam vir paterfamilias, Guth. Gr. 172, 1. a hide of land. Similar entries v. híwisc; II. Hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda

hláford-scipe

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Gange ðæt land tó ðám ðe sé wylle ðe ðonne bisceopríces wealde on Wigeraceastre; and hig sýn ǽfre under-þeódde and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, C. D. iv. 137, 22. Ðá forlét se deófoll ðone ælmihtigan . . . and nolde habban his hláfordscipe

hinder-scipe

fraudknaveryguiletreachery

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Evil craft, fraud, knavery, guile, treachery Feóndlices hinderscypes spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 378. Ongrán feóndes hinderscipe scyld geleáfan contra hostis nequitiam scutum fidei. Hy. S. 135, 25. Substitute:

hnut-scill

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-scill, (?), e. f.

A nut-shell

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A nut-shell. Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5

hwæt-scipe

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Gé eówerra gewinna and eówres hwætscipes hwetstán forluran cotem splendoris et acuminis sui perdiderunt, Ors. 4, 3; S. 212, 23. Add

leód-scipe

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Þæt folc of gehwilcum leódscipe þá stówe geneósiað, Hml. Th. i. 510, 12. For ðone cincg and ealne his leódscipe, C. D. iii. 315, 16. Cf. leód-rǽden. Add

níþ-scipe

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níþ-scipe, es; m.
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Wickedness Sí fornumen mán ł níðscipe synfulra consumetur nequitia peccatorum, Ps. L. 7, 10

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

scild-hreóþa

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Take here scild-rí da in Dict., in l. 5 after sendaþ insert flángeweorc, and add: -réda, -rí da Sceldréda, -hréða testudo, Txts. 100, 997

Linked entry: bord-hreóða

scild-truma

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Add: a compact body of troops, a company Scildtruman testudine, An. Ox. 3796. Férde hé him hindan tó mid ðrým scyldtruman ( he went forth behind them in three companies, 1 Macc. 5, 33), Hml. S. 25, 423

scild-wyrhta

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On Manléfes gewitnesse, and on Leówerdes Healta, and on Sweignes scyldwirhta, Cht. Th. 638, 21. Add

sóþ-scipe

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sóþ-scipe, in fore-sóðscip
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prolatione, Mt. p. 15, 13

þeód-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-scipe, a people.
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Þanan hý sum þeódscipe columbinam háteð, Lch. i. 170, 14. Þeódscipum ongemang, ... byrgum tómiddes, Dóm. L. 282. Add

wæter-scipe

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Ðá wǽron twégen gebrððra . . . and hæfdon ǽnne fiscnoþ on ánum brádum mere . . . ac þǽr wurdon eft æt þám wæterscipe . . . micel gefeoht for þám fixnoþe. Hwæt þá se bisceop . . . ábaed æt Gode ꝥ hé worhte þone wæterscipe tó wynsumum ytþlande . . . and