hrægel-sceára
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Cloth-shears, scissors for cutting out clothes Ræglsceára forfices, fexsceára forpices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 21
mǽl-sceafa
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Mǽlscaua a caterpillar (described thus : Centenis pedibus gradior per gramina ruris, Ald. 272, 33), An. Ox. 23, 53. Add
méd-sceatt
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Add Seó anfengnes médsceata on dómum ys sóðfæstnesse forlǽtnes, Ll. Lbm. 476, 30. Sé þe þám scyldegan scyldeþ for métsceattum (pro pecunia), 475, 3. Nys nánwiht unrihtlycre ðonne ys ꝥ man médsceattas onfó for dómum nichil iniustius est quam susceptio
sceald-húlas
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Substitute: some kind of sedge Scaldhúlas paupilius (cf. eolxsegc papilluum, i. 286, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 21
sceand-lufiende
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loving shamelessly Sceandlufiende (printed se eardlufiende, but see Hpt. 31, 9, 149) amasius, Lch. i. lxi. 4
Linked entry: eard-lufiende
sceaþ-full
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Hurtfull, noxious Wé becumað fram þám ídlan wordum tó þám sceaðfullum (sceð-, v. l.) ut ab otiosis ad noxia verba veniamus, Gr. D. 209, 26
spere-sceaft
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The shaft of a spear Hí ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum ( hastis ) þerscan, Gr. D. 14, 27
un-sceapen
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Not created Ná [ðrý] unscapene non tres incriati, Angl. ii. 361, 2 ; Ps. Rdr. 298, 12
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ǽé-sceáda
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ge-sceaft
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Add Mid heofonlice campwerod þǽre engelican gesceaft(e), Verc. Först. 109, 7. Add Seó wæteres gesceaft liquidum elementum, Gr. D. 220, 17. ꝥ is s
geó-sceaft-gást
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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
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
sceppe
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a specific quantity of grain or malt iii. sceppe mealtes and healf sceppe hwǽte . . . án sceppe malt, Nap. 55. [From Icel. skeppa. v. N. E. D. skep.]
ge-sceorpan
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To scrape, carve in pieces; conscindere minutatim, Herb. 57, 1; Lchdm. i. 160, 4
tó-scúfan
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To thrust in different directions, thrust aside, scatter, disperse, literal Se ðone líg tósceáf hátan fýres, Cd. Th.237, 20; Dan. 340: Exon. Th. 189, 6; Az. 55. Engel ðæt fýr tósceáf, 276, 11; Jul. 564. figurative, to do away, remove Hé mid ælmes-san
scrád
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Icel. skreið a shoal, flock) Scrifen scrád glád þurh gescád in brád, wæs on lagustreáme lád, Exon. Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13