scear
A plough-share
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A plough-share scer, scær, scear uomis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 55, 16. Scaer vomer, Txts. 35, 32. Scear vomer vel vomis, Wrt. Voc. I. 15, I: 74,72. Scer, 287,6. Hwanon ðam yrþlinge sylan scear oððe culter, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29. Gefæstnodon sceare
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scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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sharp, having a fine edge or point Seaxes ecg scearp, Exon. Th. 70, 21; Cri. 1142. Ic eom heard and scearp, ingonges strong, 479, 19; Rä. 63, 1. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, Lchdm. ii. 314, 11. Scearpe gáras, Cd. Th. 124, 18; Gen. 2064. Ða Walas
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sceafan
To shave, scrape, shred, polish
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To shave, scrape, shred, polish Scaebe poleo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 63. Gif hé ðæt ómige fæt mid ungemete scæfþ dam nimis cupit eradere eruginem, R. Ben. 121, 4. Hé scóf on halig wæter of ðam hálgan treówe, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. Man scóf ðæra bóca leáf
sceard
notched, hacked ⬩ gashed, mutilated ⬩ deprived
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notched, hacked having gapsor rifts Ic geann Ælmǽre ðæs sceardan swurdes the hacked sword (cf. Icel. með skarða skjöldu with hacked shields), Chart. Th. 561, 1, 23. Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii.
sceand
a buffoon, charlatan
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An infamous person, a buffoon, charlatan Scond scurra Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 5. Ðonne sægde Petrus, ðæt hé wǽre leás drý and sceand and scyldig ǽswica then Peter said that he (Simon the sorcerer) was a false sorcerer and a shameless impostor and a guilty
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sceám
A white horse (?)
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A white horse (?) Etsomne cwom .LX. monna wicgum rídan, hæfdon .XI. eoredmacgas frídhengestas,IIII. sceámas (cf. (?) hyra bloncan, 405, 5; Rä. 23, 18), Exon. Th. 404, 8; Rä. 23, 4
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sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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one who does harm, a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy Sceaþa, deógol dǽdhata ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 554; B. 274. Nú earttú (Satan ) earm sceaþa in fýrlocan feste gebunden, Cd. Th. 268, 19; Sat. 57 . His feónd áfyllan ðe ðone scaþan ( the assassin
sceanca
a shank, shin, ⬩ the upper part of the leg
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a shank, shin, the leg from the knee to the foot Sceanca crus Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33 ; Som. 12, 22: Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 21: i. 71, 56. Scance(-a?) crus, sceanca[n] crura 44, 68. Gif se sconca biþ þyrel beneoðan cneówe, L. Alf. pol. 63; Th. i. 96, 16. Gif monnes
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sceáþ
A sheath
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A sheath Sceáþ vagina, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 19: 84, 25. Sweord of sceáþe átugon ða synfullan gladium evaginaverunt peccatores, Ps. Spl. 36, 14: Judth. Thw. 22, 26; Jud. 79. Of scéþe, Byrht. Th. 136, 37; By. 162. Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii
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sceál
a shoal,troop, band
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a shoal,troop, band Ic be hondum mót hǽðenre (-ra?) sceálgrípan tó grunde, Godes andsacan, Cd. Th. 281, 8;Sat. 268 . Cf. Mid hishandscále, Beo. Th. 2638; B. 1317
sceaft
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add(?) Sceafta, Lch. i. 402, 5. v. weorold-sceaft
sceamu
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Add Hé tó sceame túcode þá leóde, Hml. S. 26, 11: Jud. 15, 8. Add Scame veretrum (v. sceam-lim), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 54. Ic eom wífhádes mann and eallunga líchamlicum wǽfelsum bereáfod, and þá sceame mínes líchaman hæbbende unoferwrigene, Hml. S. 23 b
sceanca
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Add Gyf þú hosa habban wylle, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þinum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 13. add: a leg His scanca (þeóh, v. l. coxa) wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca, Gr. D. 81, 26. Hí tyrndon mid bodege gebígedum
sceaþa
Scathe,harm, injury
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Scathe,harm, injury Cwæð ðæt sceaþena mǽst eallum heora eaforum æfter siððan wurde on worulde, Cd. Th. 85, 4; Gen. 549
sceatt
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Hæbbe ǽlc cniht mealtes ánne sester and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 614, 1. Add
sceóta
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A kind of trout, a shoate, shot [' Carew makes a distinction between the trout and shot. "The latter," he says, " is in a manner peculiar to Devon and Cornwall. In shape and colour he resembleth the Trowts: howbeit in biggnesse commeth farre behind him