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Anglo-Saxon

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ful-scrid

(adj.)
Grammar
ful-scrid, adj.

Full quick ⬩ very swift ⬩ velocissĭmus

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Full quick, very swift; velocissĭmus Is ðes bát fulscrid, fugole gelícost glídeþ on geofone this boat is very quick, it glideth on the ocean most like to a bird, Andr. Recd. 996; An. 496

ealdor-scype

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-scype, es; m.

Eldership, supremacy ⬩ principātus, prīmātus

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Eldership, supremacy; principātus, prīmātus Ða on þeódumealdorscype habbaþ they have eldership among the nations, Mk. Bos. 10, 42. Ealdorscype healdan prīmātum tĕnēre, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 17

pleg-scild

(n.)
Grammar
pleg-scild, es; m.
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A small shield Plegscylde pelta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 69. [Cf. lytel scyld pelta, ða læssan scyldas peltae, i. 35, 28, 59.] Truman pleigscelde tuta pelta, Hpt. Gl. 424, 38

ge-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap, <b>;
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III 3.</b> For B. 3084 see healdan; C. II

be-scýt

(v.)

injects

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injects, Alb. resp. 40; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. of be-sceótan

ge-scæp

Similar entry: ge-sceap

ge-scrif

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scrif, es; n.

A judgment, command, ceremony ⬩ censura, edictum, ceremonia ⬩ scriptura, forma

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A judgment, command, ceremony; censura, edictum, ceremonia, Cot. 59: 79: 56

Linked entry: ge-scryfu

ge-scítt

(v.)

shoots forward, falls to, is allotted to,

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shoots forward, falls to, is allotted to, Ex. 29, 26; pres. of ge-sceótan

ge-scód

(part.)
Grammar
ge-scód, -scóed.

Similar entry: ge-sceód

ge-scóe

(n.)
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Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 10, 4: Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 27

Linked entry: ge-scý

ge-scot

Linked entry: ge-sceot

regn-scúr

(n.)
Grammar
regn-scúr, es; m.

A shower of rain, a shower

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A shower of rain, a shower God sende byrnenderénscúr, Gen. 19, 24. On Ægipta lande ne cymþ nǽfre nán winter nerénscúras, Lchdm. iii. 252, 20 : Homl. Th. i. 64, 30. Ic ofteó míne rénscúras, ii. 102, 33. God sylþrénscúrasðám rihtwísum and ðám unrihtwísum

stæppe-scóh

(n.)
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a slipper Stæppesós subtalaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 8. Steppescóh, ii. 121, 73

þri-scíte

(adj.)
Grammar
þri-scíte, adj.

Triangular ⬩ three-cornered

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Triangular, three-cornered Ispania land is þryscýte Hispania trigona est, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 1. Sicilia is ðryscýte Sicilia tria habet promontoria, Swt. 28, 2. On ðone þryscýtan crundel, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 26

un-scód

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an-scód

Similar entry: on-scógan

bera-scinn

(n.)
Grammar
bera-scinn, es; n.

A bear-skin

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A bear-skin iii berascin, Cht. Th. 429, 27

Linked entry: scinn

ealu-sceop

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Dele

fore-scét

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C. D. vi. 183, 10

fore-scýa

Similar entry: fore-scýwa

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