díc-sceard
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A gap in a ditch Dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 20
Linked entry: sceard
earm-sceapen
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Substitute: Miserable, wretched. suffering misfortune, hardship, &c. Gewát þá earmsceapen ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft síðian, nacod nýdgenga, wundorlic wræcca tó mancynne, Dan. 632. Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals
ge-sceand
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Ashamed
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
Linked entry: sáwel-gescot
sceaft-tog
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(?) the strap attached to the shaft of a missile Sceptog ammentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 11
sceóh-mód
Fearfu (wanton? ) of heart:l
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Fearfu (wanton? ) of heart:l — Se synsceaþa tó scipe sceóhmód éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 32 ; Jul. 672.
Linked entry: sceóh
wǽg-scealu
The scale of a balance
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The scale of a balance Wǽgscala lances, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 7
Linked entry: scealu
web-sceaft
A weaver's beam
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A weaver's beam Websceaft liciatorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 10. Cf. web-beám
Linked entry: web-beám
ǽ-sceáda
Bran
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Bran Healmes láf stipulae, ceaf palea, ǽscéda migma, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 51-3. Ǽsceádan furfures, purgamentum farinae, ii. 152, 4
fyrs-sceaga
A furze-thicket
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A furze-thicket (?) Onbútan færsscagan on ðá díc ðæt hit cymð tó ðǽre ródæ, C. D. iii. 229, 29
wígbed-sceáta
An altar-cloth
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An altar-cloth On weófodsceátan in palla altaris, R. Ben. Inter. 99, 10
Linked entry: sceáta
gúþ-sceaða
One who harms by warlike attack
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One who harms by warlike attack, Beo. Th. 4625; B. 2318
hær-sceard
Hare-lip ⬩ hare-lipped ⬩ hare-lip ⬩ hare-lip
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Hare-lip Wið hærscearde for hare-lip, L. M. 1, 13; Lchdm. ii. 56, 5
hearm-scearu
What is imposed as a punishment or penalty ⬩ plaga, percussio, afflictio, castigatio, contritio, dejectio, calamitas, supplicium, scantinea
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What is imposed as a punishment or penalty ['was zur pein and qual auferlegt wird,' Grmm. R. A. 681] Wyrþ him wíte gegearwod sum heard harmscearu for them punishment will be prepared, some severe penalty, Cd. 22; Th. 28, 7; Gen. 432: 37; Th. 48, 25;
hearm-sceaða
A grievous, pernicious spoiler
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A grievous, pernicious spoiler, Beo. Th. 1536; B. 766