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cláþ-scear

(n.)

a pair of shears

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a pair of shears

feoðer-scéte

(adj.)

four-cornered ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus

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four-cornered, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus, Som. Ben. Lye

for-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceap, es; n. [from sceapen formed, created; pp. of sceppan to create] What is for- or mis-shapen

a fault ⬩ crime ⬩ mălefactum

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a fault, crime; mălefactum Me nædre to forsceape scyhte the serpent incited me to crime, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 22; Gen. 898

Linked entry: sceap

inwit-scear

(n.)
Grammar
inwit-scear, es; m.
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Slaughter effected by craft,Beo. Th. 4949; B. 2478

land-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
land-sceap, es; n.

A district ⬩ land

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A district, tract of country, land Swá hé on landsceape stille stande ðǽr hine storm ne mæg wind áwecgan as if it [the vessel] stand still on land, where storm or wind cannot move it, Andr. Kmbl. 1002; An. 501

sceþ-dǽd

Similar entry: sceaþ-dǽd

ge-sceád

Grammar
ge-sceád, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add For gódum gesceáde propter preuidentintn bonam, Chrd. 21, 22. Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27

Linked entry: sceád

be-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
be-sceád, es; n.

Distinction

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Distinction Ðerh bischeád per (minii) distinc*-*tionem, Mt. p. n, 13

Linked entry: sceád

cláþ-scear

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Dele

for-scéta

Grammar
for-scéta, v. for-scít[e].

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ge-sceot

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceot, ge-sceót
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(l. ge-sceot)

ge-sceót

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ready

ge-scert

Similar entry: ge-scyrtan

land-sceap

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Dele, and see next word

sceáf-fót

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Add:

sceam-fæst

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Ne lyste þé fægeres wífes and sceamfestes? nonne te delectat uxor pulchra, pudica?, Solil. H. 36, 1. Add

sceam-lim

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Scame, scamlim (? printed scamescan lim) veretrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 54. Add

scear-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
scear-wund, (?); adj.
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Wounded in the share Gif man [s]cearwund sié .iii. sciłł. gebete, Ll. Th. i. 18, 9

Linked entries: cear-wund wund

sceþ-wræc

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Substitute for the passage Eálá hú swíþe eádge wǽron þá æþelan cennend(ẹ) Sancte Ióhannes, þǽm ne sceþede nǽnig scyld þisse sceþwracan worlde, ne hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode beati, quos in saeculo isto aliqua culpa non percutit, nullum vulnerat crimen

tó-sceád

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Add Tóscádes difinitionis, An. Ox. 27, 12. Wæs heora ǽghwæðer Heáwold nemned. Wæs þis tósceád ( distinctio ) hwæðere þætte fore missenlicre heora feaxes híwe óðer wæs cweden se blaca Heáwold, óðer se hwíta Heáwold, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference

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