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ælf-sciéne

(adj.)
Grammar
ælf-sciéne, -sciéno; adj.

Beautiful, like an elf or nymphof elfin beautyformosus ut genius vel nympha

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Beautiful, like an elf or nymph, of elfin beauty; formosus ut genius vel nympha Mæg ælfsciéno = ides ælfsciéno O woman of elfin beauty! Cd. 86; Th. 109, 23; Gen. 1827: Cd. 130; Th. 165, 11; Gen. 2730

byrd-scype

(n.)
Grammar
byrd-scype, es; m. [byrd, ge-byrd birth, scype state, condition]
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Birth-ship, child-bearing; gestatio, partus Ic tó fela hæbbe ðæs byrdscypes bealwa onfongen I have received too many injuries from this childbearing, Exon. 10b; Th. 12, 7; Cri. 182

forþ-scype

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-scype, es; m.

A going forthgrowthprofectus

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A going forth, growth; profectus For his forþscype onstyred mōtus ejus profectĭbus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 28, note

ealdor-scype

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-scype, es; m.

Eldership, supremacy principātus, prīmātus

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Eldership, supremacy; principātus, prīmātus Ða on þeódumealdorscype habbaþ they have eldership among the nations, Mk. Bos. 10, 42. Ealdorscype healdan prīmātum tĕnēre, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 17

niþer-scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-scyfe, es; m.

A pushing downfalling downhasty downward movement

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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74

pleg-scild

(n.)
Grammar
pleg-scild, es; m.
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A small shield Plegscylde pelta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 69. [Cf. lytel scyld pelta, ða læssan scyldas peltae, i. 35, 28, 59.] Truman pleigscelde tuta pelta, Hpt. Gl. 424, 38

be-scyre

should shaveattonderet

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should shave; attonderet, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7. 9; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. subj. of be-scyran

scild-freca

(n.)
Grammar
scild-freca, an; m.
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A warrior with a shield: — Ðonne scyldfreca ongeán gramum gangan scolde, Beo. Th. 2071; B. 1033

scild-truma

(n.)
Grammar
scild-truma, an; m.
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A phalanx; testudo Under þiccum scyld-truman subter densa testudine, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29. Of sceltruman testudine, Hpt. Gl. 475, 66

scild-weall

(n.)
Grammar
scild-weall, es; m.
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A shield-wall, the shields held by a line of soldiers: — Ðonne strǽla storm scóc ofer scyldweall, Beo. Th. 6227; B. 3118. Cf. scild-burh

Linked entry: bord-weall

scirfe-mús

Similar entry: scyrfe-mús

Scride-finnas

(n.)
Grammar
Scride-finnas, pl. m.
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A people who, according to Jornandes and Procopius, seem to have inhabited the present Russian Lapland and other tracts thereabouts, and even to have extended into the present Swedish Finnland. [Procopius, sigma;κριθίφινοι; Adam of Bremen, Scritefinni

scytel-finger

(n.)
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the arrow-finger, the forefinger Scytelfinger (scyte- ? v. scyte-finger) index, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 31

Linked entries: scyte-finger finger

an-scuta

Grammar
an-scuta, Hpt. Gl. 425, 14,
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read ansata

bera-scinn

(n.)
Grammar
bera-scinn, es; n.

A bear-skin

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A bear-skin iii berascin, Cht. Th. 429, 27

Linked entry: scinn

be-scítan

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For Cot. 189 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 71, and add:

fere-scæt

(n.)
Grammar
fere-scæt, fere-sceat[t], es; m.

Farepassage-money

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Fare, passage-money Ferescaet nabalum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 57. Feræscæt, 60, 8. Substitute:

Linked entry: fære-sceat

ge-scild

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Add: Gescyld refugium, Ps. Spl. T. 17, I

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