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scip-líðende

(adj.)
Grammar
scip-líðende, adj.

Going in a skip ⬩ sailing

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Going in a skip, sailing Hé sǽde sciplíðendum monnum, Shrn. 85, 28: Homl. As. 117, 17. Ða sciplíðendan navigeros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 35

Linked entry: scip-líðend

scip-mǽrels

(n.)

a ship-rope

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a ship-rope Scipmǽrls tonsilla, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 4

Linked entry: mǽrels

scip-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hláford, es; m.

A ship-master

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A ship-master Sciphláford nauclerus, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 16

scip-setl

(n.)
Grammar
scip-setl, es; n.

A seat or beach for rowers

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A seat or beach for rowers Scipsetl transtra, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 14: 64, 8

scip-getawu

(n.)

furniture of a ship

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furniture of a ship Geréþru vel scipgetawu aplustre, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 19

scír-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
scír-geréfa, an; m.

A shire-reeve ⬩ sheriff ⬩ 'the judicial president of a shire.' ⬩ of a secular official ⬩ of an ecclesiastic

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A shire-reeve, sheriff, 'the judicial president of a shire.' v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 113 ; Kemble's Saxons in England, bk. ii. c. v. The word glosses preses in Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 11. of a secular official, Similar entries v. scír, III. Ælfnóþ scírgeréfa

Linked entry: ge-réfa

scip-steall

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steall, es; m.

A place for a ship

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A place for a ship Andlang streámes on scypsteal, God. Dip. B. iii. 316, 16

scip-steorra

(n.)
Grammar
scip-steorra, an; m.

The Pole-star

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The Pole-star Twegen steorran standaþ stille . . . ðone norðran wé geseóþ; ðone hátaþ menn scipsteorra, Lchdm. iii. 270, 20

scip-toll

(n.)
Grammar
scip-toll, es; m.

Passage money

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Passage money Sciptol naulum (cf. a schyppes tolle hoc naulum, 274, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 49

Linked entry: toll

scip-weard

(n.)
Grammar
scip-weard, es; m.

One who has charge of a ship

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One who has charge of a ship Scipweardas, Andr. Kmbl. 596; An. 297

scip-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
scip-weorod, es; n.

The crew of a vessel

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The crew of a vessel Scipweredes (-weardes ?) naucleri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 48

scír-basu

(adj.)
Grammar
scír-basu, adj.

Bright purple

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Bright purple Scírbasu benetum (venetus, caeruleus, Ducange) Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 30

scír-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scír-mann, (scíre-, scíres-), es; m.

an official ⬩ officer ⬩ ruler ⬩ one who discharges the duties of a scír ⬩ an inhabitant of a district

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an official, officer, ruler, one who discharges the duties of a scír Similar entries (v. scír, I.) Scírman procurator, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 37. Wæs scíremonn (Pontius Pilatus) procurante Pontio Pilato, Lk. Skt. Lind. 3, 1. Scíremon (sgiiremonn, Lind.) dispensator

scír-mǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
scír-mǽled, adj.

Brightly marked ⬩ bright with inlaid ornaments

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Brightly marked, bright with inlaid ornaments Scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230

scrift-scír

(n.)
Grammar
scrift-scír, e ; f.

The district in which a confessor exercises his functions

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The district in which a confessor exercises his functions Gif préost on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 244, 22: 9; Th. ii. 246, 12: 15; Th. ii. 246, 26. Sacerda gehwylc on his scriftscíre, Wulfst. 79, 17. Sacerdum

þeóf-scip

(n.)
Grammar
þeóf-scip, es; n.

A pirate-vessel

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A pirate-vessel Ðeófscip (théb-) mimopora ( = myoparo), Txts. 79, 1316: Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 67

Wiltún-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Wiltún-scír, (Wiltúnes-), e; f.

Wiltshire

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Wiltshire; Æþeréd Wiltúnscíre biscop wearþ gecoren tó ærcebiscope tó Cantuareberi, Chr. 870; Erl. 74, 4. Æðelm Wiltúnscíre ealdormon, 898; Erl. 96, 18. Féng Ælfríc Wiltúnscíre bisceop tó ðam arcebiscopríce, 994; Erl. 134, 2. Ánes scipes Ælfríc arcebisceop

burh-scír

(n.)
Grammar
burh-scír, e; f.

A city-boundary, city-liberty ⬩ urbis territorium

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A city-boundary, city-liberty; urbis territorium Ða yfelan leóda fíf burhscíra ðæs Sodomítisces eardes the evil people of the five city-boundaries of the Sodomitish land, Ælfc. T. 7, 20: Jos. 13; Thw. 152, 9: Cot. 148

Beada ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Beada ford-scír, e; f.

Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire: Cnut wende him út þurh Buccingahámscíre into Beadafordscíre Canute went out through Buckinghamshire into Bedfordshire, Chr. 1016; Th. 279, 16, col. 1

Bedan ford-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Bedan ford-scír, Bæda-ford-scír, Beada-ford-scír, Bede-ford-scír, e ; f.

BEDFORDSHIRE ⬩ comitatus nomen

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BEDFORDSHIRE; comitatus nomen Hí hæfdon ofergán Bedan fordscíre they had subjugated Bedfordshire, Chr. 1011; Th. 266, 5, col. 2. Wende him út into Bedan fordscíre egressus est in Bedanfordsciram, 1016; Th. 278, 16, col. 1