geó-sceaft-gást
A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?]
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A fatal, dire spirit[?] or ancient spirit[?] Ðanon wóc fela geósceaftgásta wæs ðæra Grendel sum thence arose many dire spirits, Grendel was one of them, Beo. Th. 2536; B. 1266
sceran
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Sceáp scyran, Anglia ix. 261, 10. Hé fór scép tó sciranne ad tondendas oves, Gen. 38, 13
scofl
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Hé sceal habban spade, scofle, Anglia ix. 263, 6
scill
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Ðonne hié ( the serpent ) mon slóg oððe sceát, ðonne glád hit on ðǽm scyllum, swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen. Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 8. Sindon ða scancan scyllum biweaxen crura tegunt squamae, Exon. Th. 219, 21; Ph. 310.
scola
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a learner Gescola condiscipulus, conscolaris, Hpt. Gl. 459, 66
sceót
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Quick, ready:R. Ben. 97, 16. — Hweðer hé carful sý and sceót (gesceót, W. F.) tó godcundum weorce and tó hýrsumnesse si sollicitus est ad opus Dei, ad obedientiam
scýan
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To prompt, urge, persuade, suggest Ða ǽrestan synne se weriga gást scýde . . . Forðon mid ðý se weriga gást ða synne scýfþ (scýþ, MS. C.: scýeþ, MS. T.) on móde primam culpam serpens suggessit . . . Cum enim malignus spiritus peccatum suggerit in mente
scill
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Add: <b>II a.</b> shell of a nut(?). v. hnut-scill(?)
scill
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Add: [v. N. E. D. shill]
scofl
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Add: v. stel-, windwig-scofl
sceón
To go quickly, fly
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To go quickly, fly : — Ðonne ic forþ sció when I depart (die), Cd. Th. 67, 20 ; Gen. 1103. Ðæt fýr scýde (scynde ?) tó ðám ðe ða scylde worhton, 232, 26 ; Dan. 266
scill
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Sonorous, sounding:?-Scyl wæs hearpe, Exon. Th. 353, 44; Reim. 27
scola
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a debtor Gescolan condebitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 23