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scyte-finger

(n.)
Grammar
scyte-finger, es; m.
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The forefinger; digitus secundus quo sagittatur Scytefinger index vel salutaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 44. 5. Bécnend, scytefinger index, ii. 46, 35. Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1. In Ethelbert's Laws

scyte-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
scyte-heald, -healden; adj.
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bent so as to shoot downwards (cf. scyte-rǽs), sloping steeply Scyteheald preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 77. oblique, inclined Scytehald obliquum, 115, 13. Sió scytehealde onbégnes obliqua curvatura, 64, 24. Sió scythealde obliqua, 79, 1. Scytehealden

Linked entry: -healden

scyte-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
scyte-rǽs, es; m.
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A headlong rush On scyterǽs oððe on fǽrfyll, unforesceáwadlíc in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 43

under-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
under-scyte, es; m.

Interceptingintervention

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Intercepting, intervention Se móna mæg þurh his underscyte ða sunnan áþeóstrian, Lchdm, iii. 242, 25. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt seó sunne bið hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft. In the poem of

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, an; f.

A coverlet [?]

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A coverlet [?] Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid wahhryfte and mid hoppscýtan, Chart. Th. 529, 12

un-scynde

Similar entry: un-scende

ge-scyrtan

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Gescyrdte breuiauit, Mk. L. 13, 20. Þín líf ne gescyrt, Hml. S. 37, 149. Mid fíffétedum ł gescertum brachicatalectico, An. Ox. 130. Gescyrted biðon breuiabuntur, Mt. L. 24, 22. Add

be-scyran

(v.)

to shave

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to shave L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9, MSS. B. H

Linked entry: be-scyre

be-scyred

(v.; part.)

deprived

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deprived, Bd. 5, 5; S. 617, 38; Similar entries pp. of be-scyrian

scytel-finger

(n.)
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the arrow-finger, the forefinger Scytelfinger (scyte- ? v. scyte-finger) index, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 31

Linked entries: scyte-finger finger

cáf-scype

(n.)
Grammar
cáf-scype, es; m.
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A quickness; velocitas, R. Ben. 5

Linked entry: cóf-scipe

edwít-scype

(n.)
Grammar
edwít-scype, es; m.

Cowardice ignāvia, ignōmĭnia

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Cowardice; ignāvia, ignōmĭnia þurh edwítscype ignomĭniōse, Wald. 23; Vald. l, 14

gader-scype

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

Union, the union of marriage

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Substitute: gader-scipe (gæder-), Union, the union of marriage Gæderscipe jugalitas, i. matrimonium, Hpt. Gl. 438, 36

byrd-scype

(n.)
Grammar
byrd-scype, es; m. [byrd, ge-byrd birth, scype state, condition]
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Birth-ship, child-bearing; gestatio, partus Ic tó fela hæbbe ðæs byrdscypes bealwa onfongen I have received too many injuries from this childbearing, Exon. 10b; Th. 12, 7; Cri. 182

forþ-scype

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-scype, es; m.

A going forthgrowthprofectus

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A going forth, growth; profectus For his forþscype onstyred mōtus ejus profectĭbus, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 28, note

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

niþer-scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-scyfe, es; m.

A pushing downfalling downhasty downward movement

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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74

ge-scýrd

Similar entry: ge-scrýdan

scyr-seax

Similar entry: scear-seax