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for-sceap

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ge-scád-

(prefix)

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ge-scild

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Add: Gescyld refugium, Ps. Spl. T. 17, I

ge-scróp

Similar entry: un-gescróp

hagal-scúr

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Ne bið þǽr hagulscúras hearde mid snáwe non veniet . . . nix, grando, procella, Dóm. L. 264. Add

hnut-scill

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-scill, (?), e. f.

A nut-shell

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A nut-shell. Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5

leornung-scól

(n.)
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leornung-scól, e; f.
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A school for (book-)learning Hé wæs þæs mynstres láreów þe is genemned Flundis. In þæs leornungscóle drohtnigende and gelæred wæs (in discipulatu illius conversatus atque eruditus est) sum man, Gr. D. 14, 6

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede's Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

sceáp-lic

(adj.)
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sceáp-lic, adj.
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Of a sheep, of sheep Swýnenan and æt sceáplican and æt fearlican suouetaurilia (cf. suouetaurili oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 32), An. Ox. 11, 187

scild-truma

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Add: a compact body of troops, a company Scildtruman testudine, An. Ox. 3796. Férde hé him hindan tó mid ðrým scyldtruman ( he went forth behind them in three companies, 1 Macc. 5, 33), Hml. S. 25, 423

scild-wyrhta

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On Manléfes gewitnesse, and on Leówerdes Healta, and on Sweignes scyldwirhta, Cht. Th. 638, 21. Add

scóh-wyrhta

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Hé gewunode ꝥ hé ongan sceós wyrcan. Be þám scóhwyrhtan geseah sum óðer man . . . hé ongan ácsian be ðám lífe þæs sceóhwyrhtan (scóh-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 322, 1-5. Add

Scot-land

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Add Igbernia, ꝥ wé Scotland hátað Hibernia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 16

scel-ége

Similar entry: sceolh-íge

wæter-scíte

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-scíte, an; f.

A towel

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A towel Hé wearð bewǽfed mid ánre wæterscýtan (linteo, Jn. 13, 4),Homl. Th. ii. 242, 25

Linked entries: scíte wæter-sceát

ǽg-scill

(n.)
Grammar
ǽg-scill, e; f.

An egg-shell

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An egg-shell Clǽnes huniges áne ǽgscylle fulle, Lch. iii. 6, 29. iii ǽgscylla, 14, 22. Twá ǽgscille fulle, i. 376, 8

Linked entry: scill

ǽ-scapo

Similar entry: ǽ-sceap

ǽ-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-sceap, es; n.

What is cut off, a remnant, patch ⬩ a patch

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What is cut off, a remnant, patch Ðæt ésceapa commissura, Lk. L. 5, 36. Ǽscapo subsiciva, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 34

Linked entry: ǽ-scapo

hægl-scúr

(n.)
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hægl-scúr, es; m.

A shower of hail, hailstorm

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A shower of hail, hailstorm, Andr. Kmbl. 2515; An. 1259

Linked entry: scúr

slýpe-scóh

Similar entry: slípe-scóh