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a-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúfan, -sceófan; p. -sceáf. pl. -scufon; pp. -scofen, -sceofen [a from, scúfan to shove]

To drive away ⬩ expel ⬩ banish ⬩ repel ⬩ shove away ⬩ expellere ⬩ pellere ⬩ abigere ⬩ extrudere ⬩ emittere

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To drive away, expel, banish, repel, shove away; expellere, pellere, abigere, extrudere, emittere Forþ ascúfan to drive forward, Exon. 129b; Th. 498, 1; Rä. 87, 6. Me cearsorge of móde asceáf Þeóden usser our Lord has driven anxious sorrow from my mind

Linked entries: a-sceáf a-sceofen a-scofen

a-scealian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scealian, p. ode; pp. od [a from, scealu a scale]

To pull off the scales or bark ⬩ to scale ⬩ bark ⬩ decorticare

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To pull off the scales or bark, to scale, bark; decorticare, Cot. 79

be-scyrung

(n.)
Grammar
be-scyrung, e; f. [be from, scerung from sceran to tonsure or consecrate]
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A deposing, degrading, putting from holy orders; exauctoratio, desecratio, exordinatio

ge-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.
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to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to; cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrne the dragon again

Linked entry: ge-stoten

bi-scencan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-scencan, p. -scencte, pl. -scencton; pp. -scenced [scencan to give drink, scenc drink]
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To give to drink; ad potionem dare Ge in wræcsíðe longe lifdon, lége biscencte ye [fallen spirits] have long lived in exile, flame being given [you] to drink, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 21; Gú. 596

Linked entry: be-scencan

for-sceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceorfan, p. -scearf, pl. -scurfon; pp. -scorfen [sceorfan to gnaw, bite]

To gnaw or eat off ⬩ arrōdĕre

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To gnaw or eat off; arrōdĕre Gærstapan ǽlc wuht forscurfon, ðæs ðe on ðam lande wæs grówendes locusts ate off everything that was growing in the land, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 17, notes, p. 24, 7, MS. L

ge-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scúfan, p. <b>ge-sceáf;</b> pp. <b>ge-scofen, ge-scyfen.</b>
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to cause movement, with idea of violence, to eject, expel Gescyfen diúbol ejecto daemone, Mt. p. 16, 4. to cause action, to impel, drive Ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðǽre láre, and ðeáh for hiora hrædwilnesse beóð tó gescofene quos a praedicatione imperfectio

Linked entry: scúfan

a-scilian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scilian, p. ede; pp. ed [a from, scel a shell]

To take off the shell ⬩ to shell ⬩ enucleare

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To take off the shell, to shell; enucleare, Cot. 171

Linked entry: a-scyled

feówer-scýte

(adj.)
Grammar
feówer-scýte, fyðer-scýte, fiðer-scýte, -scíte, feðer-scíte, -scitte, -scette; adj. [sceát, a corner]

Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus

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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Seó burh is feówerscýte the city is quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 21

Linked entries: feoðer-scéte feðer-scíte fiðer-scýte fyðer-scýte

æscene

Grammar
æscene, vastaretur, An. Ox. 37, 4 [ = ? ǽ-scefe; cf. (?) scafan: O. H. Ger. ar-scaban eradere]

for-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sceádan, -scádan; p. -sceód, pl. -sceódon; pp. -sceáden, -scáden [sceádan to separate]

To scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ dispergĕre

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To scatter, disperse; dispergĕre Ðæt ða giemmas wǽren forsceádne [forsceadene. Cot.] æfter ðǽm strǽtum that the gems were scattered along the streets. Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 25. Gé sind forscádene ye are scattered, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 1; Gú. 449

Linked entry: for-scáden

a-sceacan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceacan, -scacan, -scæcan; he -sceaceþ, -sceacþ, -scæceþ, -scaceþ; p. -sceóc, -scóc, pl. -sceócon, -scócon; pp. -sceacen, -scacen.

to shake off ⬩ remove ⬩ excutere ⬩ to be removed ⬩ forsake ⬩ desert ⬩ flee ⬩ excuti ⬩ fugere ⬩ aufugere ⬩ deserere ⬩ to shake ⬩ brandish ⬩ to be shaken ⬩ vibrare ⬩ quatere ⬩ concuti ⬩ labefieri ⬩ infirmari

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to shake off, remove; excutere Asceacaþ ðæt dust of eówrum fótum excutite pulverem de pedibus vestris, Mk. Bos. 6, 11. to be removed, forsake, desert, flee; excuti, fugere, aufugere, deserere Asceacen [Lamb. ofascacen] ic eom excussus sum, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: a-scacan a-scæcan

-icge

(suffix)
Grammar
-icge, a suffix of nouns denoting a female agent, v. ácennicge, bar-[r]icge, drýicge, galdricge, hunticge, scericge (scern- ?), sealticge, synnicge.
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See Kl. Nom. Stam. &sect; 44

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Sylan scear vomer, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Ðæt nán mon ne scyle dón his hond tó ðære sylg, Past. 51; Swt. 403, 2. Ǽlc man hæbbeæt ðære sylh (sylh, MS.) .ii. wel gehorsede men, L. Ath. i. 16; Th. i. 208, 12.

Linked entries: sulh-ælmesse sulh-gang sulincel syl sylan sylh syll

of-sníþan

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Add: to slaughter an animal Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 7. to cut off, amputate Hé sceal his unþeáwas hatian and ofsníþan, Met. 27, 33. O. H.

a-sceádan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceádan, -scádan; p. -scéd, pl. -scédon; pp. -sceáden, -scáden; v. a. [a from, sceádan to divide]

To separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ exclude ⬩ distinguish ⬩ separare ⬩ segregare

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To separate, disjoin, exclude, distinguish; separare, segregare Ic mec ascéd ðara scylda I separated myself from the guilt, Elen. Kmbl. 937; El. 470: 2623; El. 1313. And he hine from nýtenum ascéd and he distinguished him from beasts, L. E. I. 23; Th

Linked entries: a-scádan a-scéd

fliés

(n.)
Grammar
fliés, es; n.

A fleece ⬩ vellus

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A fleece; vellus Be sceápes gonge mid his fliése. Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése óþ midne sumor, oððe gilde ðæt fliés mid twám pæningum of a sheep's going with its fleece.

sceamisc

Entry preview:

Dele, and see sceam-lim, sceamu; III

ypping-íren

(n.)
Grammar
ypping-íren, es; n.
Entry preview:

Hé sceal fela andlómena habban . . . mattuc, ippingíren, scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 3

hors-camb

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Hé sceal habban horscamb and sceára, Angl. ix. 263, 8. Add

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