scyfe
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praecipitium Þá hors . . . þǽre eá wǽtres hryne heom ondrédon, efne swá hit sum deáþes plyht oððe scyfe wǽre aquam fluminis tangere quasi mortalem praecipitium pertimescebant, Gr. D. 15, 10
scyrft
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For scansio l. (?) scarsio. Cf. scarsus imminutus, Migne
-scýwa
Similar entry: fore-scýwa
sceld
a shield
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a shield
Scild
The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings
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The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings. His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr
scola
a debtor
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a debtor Gescolan condebitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 23
scýde
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Cd. Th. 232, 26; Dan. 266
scyrft
a scraping ⬩ scansio
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a scraping (?); scansio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 78. Cf. sceorfan
sceáf
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Add Berende scáfas heora, Ps. L. 125, 6. <b>II a.</b> add :-- 'Gebindað þá weód tó scǽfum (sceáfum, v. l. in fasciculos) tó forbærnenne,' Gr. D. 316, 2. Weóda sceáfas, 11. Bunda ł byrðenno ł sceáfa, Mt. L. 13, 30
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
scolu
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Add Hí singan on Grécisc agios . . . and eft scolu (schola) on Léden sanctus . . . seó sculu (scola ) andswaraþ on Léden, Angl. xiii. 418, 757-762