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scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, a shell.
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Add: <b>II a.</b> shell of a nut(?). v. hnut-scill(?)

scill

Grammar
scill, sonorous.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. shill]

scinn

(n.)
Grammar
scinn, es; n.
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A skin Manega gærsama on scynnan mid pælle betogen, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 31

scride

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scriðe

Grammar
scriðe, l.
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(?) scride

dryht-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-scipe, driht-scipe, es; m. [-scipe termination]

Rulership, lordship, domination, dignity ⬩ domĭnātus, dignĭtas

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Rulership, lordship, domination, dignity; domĭnātus, dignĭtas Ðara dóm leofaþ and hira dryhtscipe their dignity and their lordship shall live, Elen. Kmbl. 899; El. 451. For hwam nele mon him on giógoþe georne gewyrcan deóres dryhtscipes why will not

Linked entry: driht-scipe

for-scéta

Grammar
for-scéta, v. for-scít[e].

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-scuta

(suffix)
Grammar
-scuta, in an-scuta
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falarica, Hpt. Gl. 425, 14

scutel

(n.)
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a dish Scutel catinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 21: ii. 17, 17

Linked entry: scyttel

scutel

(n.)
Grammar
scutel, and scytel, es; m.
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a dart, missile, arrow Sciutil jaculum, sagitta, Txts. 110, 1177, 1179. Scytelum cilda sagittis parvulorum, Ps. Th. 63, 7. [Icel. skutill an instrument shot forth, a harpoon. Cf. scytyl a shuttle; schytle, chyldys game sagitella, Prompt. Parv. 447.

scýde

(v.)
Grammar
scýde, Cd. Th. 232, 26; Dan. 266.

Similar entry: sceón

scier-

(prefix)

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Scild

(n.)
Grammar
Scild, es; m.
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The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings. His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr

scilfe

(n.)
Grammar
scilfe, an; f.
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A shelf, ledge, floorGen. 6, 16), Cd. Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306. Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme (cf. With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make the ark

Linked entry: scylfe

scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.
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a shell, shell-fish:?-Musclan scil conca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 35. Scel. 105, 37. Scel echinus, i. piscis, cancer, 142, 24: 106, 75. Musclan ł scille de concha, Hpt. Gl. 417, 10. Scille vel sǽsnæglas conchae vel cochleae, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 7. Scellum concis

Linked entries: sciell scyl scyll scel scell

scill

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

scima

(n.)
Grammar
scima, an ; m.
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Shadow, gloom:?-Ne hér (in hell) dæg lýhteþ for scedes sciman, Cd. Th. 271, 15; Sat. 106. Hýdeþ hine ǽghwylc æfter sceades sciman, Salm. Kmbl. 233; Sal. 116

Linked entry: scimian

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

scipen

Similar entry: scypen

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

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