medu-scenc
A draught or cup of mead
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A draught or cup of mead Meoduscencum hwearf geond ðæt healreced (cf. Ymbeode ides Helminga óððæt heó Beówulfe medoful æt bær, 1244-), Beo. Th. 3965; B. 1980
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níþ-sceaða
A malignant foe
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A malignant foe, Exon. Th. 397, 23; Rä. 16, 24
norþ-sceáta
a northern promontory
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a northern promontory, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 28, 3
self-sceaft
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Self-shaping, spontaneous generation, applied to Adam, who had not father and mother Adam maþelode ðǽr hé on eorþan stód selfsceafte guma a man by spontaneous generation. Cd. Th. 33, 20; Gen. 523
secg-sceára
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A corn-crake or a quail Secg-scára ortigometra (cf. erschen ortigomera, ii. 63, 53 : edischen, 115, 67), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 21. v. E. D. S. Pub. Names of Birds, p. 177, where bean crake, grass s
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bi-scær
sheared or cut off
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sheared or cut off, Reim. 26; p. of bi-sceran
teóðung-sceatt
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A tax of a tenth, a tithe Teóþingsceat decimatis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 36: 73, 44. Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícan neáweste sweltaþ, and hé him nele syllan his teóþungsceatta dǽl, ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig, Blickl. Homl. 53, 6
weorold-sceaft
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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
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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
aler-sceaga
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An alder-copse On arlscagan, of alrscagan, C. D. B. iii. 667, 18
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díc-sceard
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A gap in a ditch Dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 20
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ge-sceand
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Ashamed
hand-scálu
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-scalu
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
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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
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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An ecclesiastical due, to be paid for every deceased person to the clergy of the church to which he belonged, in consideration of the services performed by them in his behalf. It was to be paid before the funeral rites were completed, though the regulation
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