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sceát

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</b> of a protective covering :-- Se godcunda anweald gefriþode his diórlingas under his fiþera sceáte (sceade, v. l. ), Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 12. v. offrung-, wæter-sceát

sceáp

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Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 8. Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde þe gebyrað tó ðám geréflande . . . and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Add

sceáf

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Bunda ł byrðenno ł sceáfa, Mt. L. 13, 30

scearu

(n.)
Grammar
scearu, scyru,e ; f.

a cutting, shavinga shearing of sheepthe ecclesiastical tonsurea share

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Gif preóst sceare misgýme beardes oððe feaxes, L. N. P. L. 34; Th. ii. 294, 27. a shearing of sheep Férde Laban tó his sceápa sceare ad tondendas oves, Gen. 31, 19. the ecclesiastical tonsure. v. L. Ecg.

Linked entry: scyru

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Teóþa sceatt a tithe :-- Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóþan sceat sealde 'he gave him tithes of all' (Gen. 14, 20), Cd. Th. 128, 5; Gen. 2122. Bringaþ gé on mín beren eówerne teóþan sceat (Malachi 3, 10), Blickl. Homl. 39, 26: 53, 11.

Linked entry: sceat

scealu

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Add Hé hæfð wǽga on handa; and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 7

scead

(n.)
Grammar
scead, es; m.
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Siblingchyrst and Trowincsceadas and Rocisfald, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 123, 8. ?

Linked entry: sced

sceám

(n.)
Grammar
sceám, es; m.

A white horse (?)

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A white horse (?) Etsomne cwom .LX. monna wicgum rídan, hæfdon .XI. eoredmacgas frídhengestas,IIII. sceámas (cf. (?) hyra bloncan, 405, 5; Rä. 23, 18), Exon. Th. 404, 8; Rä. 23, 4

Linked entry: sceom-

sceat

Similar entry: sceatt

scell

Similar entry: scill

sceamol

(n.)
Grammar
sceamol, es; m.

A bench, stool.

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The word remains in the form shambles properly stalls or benches on which butchers expose meat for sale Sceamul ¨scabellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 24. Scamol subsellium 289, 24. Scamel, sceamul, sceamol scabellum Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 31, 7. Scamul, scæmol.

Linked entry: sceamel

sceád

(n.)
Grammar
sceád, scád, es; n.

Sheda divisiondistinctionreasonreckoning

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Shed (in water-shed), a division, distinction, reason, reckoning Ðú scealt gyldan scád wordum thou shalt give an account (of thine actions) in words, Dóm. L. 73. Haueð wit and schad bituhhe god and uuel, O. E. Homl. i. 255, 30.

sceád

(n.)
Grammar
sceád, n.
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-sceád

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sceád, adj.

Similar entry: ge-sceád

sceald

(adj.)
Grammar
sceald, adj. ?
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Shoal, shallow Andlang streámes út on scealdan fleót; ðonnen andlang scealdan fleótes, C. D. iii. 431, 21. Tó scelden mære, iv. 158, 10. Útt on scealdan ford (cf. on ðæs deópan fordes ende, iii. 431, 12), v. 256, 16: 300, 19

sceap

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scear

Similar entry: gúþ-scear

sceáb

Similar entry: sceáf

sceald

Similar entry: dæg-sceald

sceolh

(adj.)
Grammar
sceolh, sceol;adj.

Oblique, wry:

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Oblique, wry: — Of ðæm sceolan de scevo. Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 67 : 85, 10. Sceolan scevi 91, 47