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scearfung

(n.)
Grammar
scearfung, e; f.

Scraping, scarifying

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Scraping, scarifying Ða wǽtan ða yfelan weorðaþ gegaderode on ðone magan, and ðǽr ríxiaþ mid scearfunga innan, Lchdm. ii. 176, 7. Áberan ða stranganscearfunga ðæra wǽtena, 176, 10

scearpung

(n.)
Grammar
scearpung, e; f.

Scarifying

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Scarifying Lácna mid scearpinge, Lchdm. iii. 82, 23. Mid gelómlícre scearpunge, hwílum mid miclum, hwílum mid feáwum, 84, 2. Lǽcedómas and scearpunga wið sídan sáre, 262, 24

sceaþung

(n.)
Grammar
sceaþung, e; f.

Injury, damage

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Injury, damage Ge landfeoh ge fihtewíte ge stale ge wóhceápung ge burhwealles sceatinge (sceaþinge ?) ge ǽlc ðæra wónessa ðe tó ǽnigre bóte gebyrie, ðæt hit áge healf ðære cyrcean hláford, Chart. Th. 138, 18

sceáwend-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwend-sprǽc, e; f.

Buffoonery,

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Buffoonery, the speech of the theatre Sceáwendsprǽc scurrilitas (scarilitas, MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 65

sceáwend-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
sceáwend-wíse, an; f.

A jesting song, song of a jester

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A jesting song, song of a jester Ic sceáwendwísan hlúde onhyrge, Exon. Th. 391, l; Rä. 9, 9

be-sceadwung

(n.)
Grammar
be-sceadwung, e; f.

Overshadowing

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Overshadowing On besceadewunga, Ps. L. Spl. 67, 15

Linked entries: be-sceadan sceadwung

for-sceamung

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceamung, e; f.

Shame

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Shame Forscamung pudor, verecundia, Germ. 390, 120

Linked entries: sceamung scendung

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

þǽr-út

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-út, adv.
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Thereout, outside Moyses oft eode inn and út on ðæt templ, for ðæm hé wæs ðǽrinne getogen tó ðære godcundan sceáwunga, and ðǽrút (ðǽrúte, Cott. MSS.) hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 25

Linked entries: þǽr-inne út

hors-hwæl

(n.)
Grammar
hors-hwæl, es; m.

A walrus

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A walrus Swíðost hé fór ðider tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge for ðǽm horschwælum for ðæm hie habbaþ swíðe æðele bán on heora tóþum his principal object in going there, in addition to the observation of the country, was to get the walruses, for they have

Linked entry: hwæl

á-scínan

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Add: literal In þǽre sceáwunge seó áscán þám útran eágum in illa luce quae exterioribus oculis fulsit, Gr. D. 174, 11: Bl. H. 249, 1. Ásceán, 145, 12. figurative His líf áscán, Gr. D. 12, 4.

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne mid heora sceáwunge, Hml. S. 31, 819.

dígolnes

(n.)
Grammar
dígolnes, dígolnys,-ness , -nyss, e ; f.

Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess solitūdo, abscondĭtum quid, secrētum, arcāna, latebra

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Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess; solitūdo, abscondĭtum quid, secrētum, arcāna, latebra He to dígolnesse and to stilnesse becom ðære godcundan sceáwunge he came to the privacy and stillness of the divine contemplation

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition,besidesIn addition to,besides

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In addition to, besides Tóeácan ðæs landes sceáwunge, Ors. I; Swt. 17, 35. Tóeácan hiere hwætscipe and hiere monigfealdum duguþum, l, 10; Swt. 46, 24. Ða breósð tóeácan ðæm boge pectusculum cum armo, Past. 14; Swt. 81, 25. Tóécan ðám dómum, L.

sceáwere

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Add Ic geset eom kyning fram him ofer sceáwere (cf. sceáwung-stów) his dúne ego constitutus sum rex super Syon montem eius, Ps. L. 2, 6. Add Nú wé men geseóð swylce þurh sceáwere and on rǽdelse videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate, Nap. 55.

scearpness

(n.)
Grammar
scearpness, e; f.

Sharpnessroughnessacidity, pungencyefficacy

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Hí ðæs módes eágena scearpnesse náuht gebétaþ tó ðære sceáwunga ðære sóðan gesǽlþe, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 32: Met. 21, 24. referring to the mind On his módes scearpnesse aciem mentis, Past. 16, 1; Swt. 99, 9.

Linked entry: scearp

ildan

(v.)
Grammar
ildan, p. de

To delaytarrydeferput offpostponeprocrastinateconnive atdissimulate

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Seó hálige cyrice sum þing þurh sceáwunge yldeþ and swá ábireþ and ældeþ ðæt oft ðæt wiðerwearde yfel áberende and yldende beweraþ sancta ecclesia quædam per considerationem dissimulat, atque ita portat et dissimulat, ut sæpe malum quod adversatur portando

Linked entries: ældan ildian ilding

gímen

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Se cræft ðǽre giémenne ymbe ðá fore-sceáwunga ðæs heofonlican lífes vis sollicitudinis et erga coelestem vitam providae circumspectionis 169, 6.

ge-teón

(v.)
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Hé wæs getogen tó ðǽre godcundan sceáwunga in contemplationem rapitur, Past. 101, 25. Ic eom getogen tó fremdum þeáwum, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 25. Hé wæs getogen tó hátheortnesse ad iracundiam trahitur, Gr.

heofon

Grammar
heofon, In later specimens the word is often feminine, e.g.

firmamenthappinessa ceiling

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Paul) ðurhfór mid his módes sceáwunga, Past. 99, 23. the abode of heathen deities Þte Job sceolde beón se héhsta god . . . and sceolde rícsian on heofenum, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 7. applied figuratively to a righteous person Se rihtwísa is heofen geháten

Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic