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scill

(adj.)
Grammar
scill, adj.
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Sonorous, sounding:?-Scyl wæs hearpe, Exon. Th. 353, 44; Reim. 27

scímian

(v.)
Grammar
scímian, p. ode
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To shine, glistenÆlfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 138, 1. Ic scímige (scíne, MS. W.) mico, Scímande (scínende. Rush.) coruscans, Lk. Skt. Lind. 17, 24. Cf. Be hiora. hiwe . . . beóþ ǽblǽce and eal se líchoma áscímod (shiny), Lchdm. ii. 232, 2

scínan

(v.)
Grammar
scínan, p. scán, sceán
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To shine. lit. Ic scíne splendeo , Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som 28, 42. Sciénþ candescit , Past. 14, 6 ; Swt. 89, 1. Swá se lígræsc scíuþ ( fulget ). Lk. Skt. 17, 24 : Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29. Ðonne seó sunne on heofone beorhtost scíneþ, 9; Fox 26, 15. Scýneþ

scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj.
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Beautiful, fair, bright Is se forrynel fæger and sciéne, Met. 29, 25: Cd. Th. 41, 14; Gen. 656. Cwæð ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne, 17, 26; Gen. 265. Wæsim wlitig and scéne, 30, 16; Gen. 467. Deór wundrum scýne ( the panther ), Exon. Th. 356, 30;

Linked entries: sciéne scýne scéne sceóne

scinu

(n.)
Grammar
scinu, e; f.
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A shin Scinu cruscula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 20. Scina vel scinbán tibiae, i. 44, 72. Scyne oððe scinbán tibia (ae? ), 71, 58. Scina, 65, 42. Scancan, scina tibias, Hpt. Gl. 482, 64

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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pay, stipend Scipe vel bigleofa stipendium, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 33. [Hi nolleþ paye þet hi ssolle, and hi ofhealdeþ þe ssepes of ham þet doþ hare niedes, Ayenb. 39, 5 (the word occurs several times in this work). Withholdyng or abrigging of the schipe

scíre

(adv.)
Grammar
scíre, adv.
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of light, clearly, brightly Scíre scínan, Exon. Th. 67, 15; Cri. 1089: Andr. Kmbl. 1671; An. 838: Salm. Kmbl. 679 ; Sal. 339. of the voice, clearly Saga hwætt ic hátte ða (ðe ?) swá scíre nige (cíge ?), sceáwendwísan hlúde onhyrge, hæleþum bodige

scítan

Grammar
scítan, scýtan (?) to shoot (of a plant), flourish: — -Nǽfre on his weorþige weá áspringe mearce má scýte (sprýte?) mán inwides may ill never fail in his place, rather may guile flourish in his borders; non defecit de plateis ejus usura et dolus, Ps. Th. 54, 10. [Or does scýte belong to sceótan ? cf. for change of vowel in subjunctive hlípen, Past. Swt. 215, 7.]

Linked entries: scitel scýtan be-scítan

-scíte

(suffix)
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-cornered. v. feówer-, feðer-, þrí-scíte (-scýte)

Linked entry: sceát

scola

(n.)
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a debtor Gescolan condebitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 23

scild

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Add Swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede oþþe rondbeáh on scilde, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 5. Ic wille ðurhgán orsorh ðone here mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde oððe mid hefegum helme oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12: Hml. S. 31, 114.

scíte

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Se mæssepreóst genam þá scétan (scýtan, v. l.) of þám weófoáe presbyter ex altari sindonem tulit, Gr. D. 72, 32. Add

-scuta

(suffix)
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Dele

scúwa

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Add: a 'shady' person (?) Scúan nebulonis, An. Ox. 7, 139. Cf. fore-scýwa

-scýwa

(suffix)

Similar entry: fore-scýwa

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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Metod æfter sceáf scírum scíman ǽfen ǽrest. Cd. Th. 9, 5 ; Gen. 137. Scírne scíman, Rood Kmbl. 107; Kr. 54. Fleógan þurh scírne dæg. Exon. Th. 439, 15 ; Rä. 59, 4. Þurh ða scíran neaht, Met. 20, 229. Bláce stódon ofer sceótendum scíre leóman, Cd.

for-scéta

Grammar
for-scéta, v. for-scít[e].

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scír

(n.)
Grammar
scír, e ; f.
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office, charge, business, administration, government Scír-procuratio. Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 36: 288, 58. Sciir, ii. 117, 71. Scír dispensatio, 106, 51 : 25, 55 : 140, 65 : negotium, 59, 65. Ðonne se móna biþ .xx. niht, and .i. and .xx. niht, ðæt biþ scír

Linked entry: scýr

scír-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
scír-, (scir- ?)ecg; adj.
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Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge Swurd scearp and scírecg, Lchdm. i. 390, 7. Cf. brún-ecg

scíd

(n.)
Grammar
scíd, es; n.
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A shide (v. Halliwell's Dict. ), shingle, a piece of wood split thin, a billet:Wrt. Voc! i. 284, 15 : 66, 41. — Scíd scindula (in a list de igne), Scídum scindulis, ii. 120, 12 : 80, 21

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