sculan
to owe ⬩ debere ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ ought ⬩ have ⬩ am ⬩ am bound ⬩ shall ⬩ ought as being fit, right, proper ⬩ in accordance with reason ⬩ to do appointed work ⬩ to carry out the terms of an agreement ⬩ where the obligation results from a law, statute, regulation ⬩ shall ⬩ must as being decreed by fate or providence ⬩ to be forced ⬩ must because there is no possible alternative ⬩ because one cannot help one's self ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must ⬩ shall because from the conditions or nature of a case no alternative is admissible ⬩ because a conclusion is inevitable ⬩ shall ⬩ must ⬩ where an end is to be attained or a task to be completed or a purpose to be served
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Ger. sollen, and the use of should in the following passage: There was something said about ane Campbell, that suld hae been concerned in the robbery, and that he suld hae had a warrant frae the Duke of Argyle, Rob Roy 1, 219] Be ðære frécnan coþe; ðe
scyldig
guilty ⬩ sinful ⬩ criminal ⬩ guilty of committing a crime ⬩ guilty against ⬩ a person ⬩ responsible for ⬩ liable for ⬩ chargeable with an ill result ⬩ liable for a debt ⬩ bound by an obligation ⬩ liable to forfeiture ⬩ forfeiting ⬩ liable to punishment ⬩ deserving of punishment
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R. 107, 1. with inst. of crime Synnum scyldig, Beo. Th. 6135; B. 3071. Dǽdum scyldige, Cd. Th. 76, 35; Gen. 1267. Lehtrum scyldige, Andr.
Linked entries: deáþ-scyldig for-scyldigian sceldig scildig
scúr
a shower ⬩ storm of rain ⬩ snow ⬩ hail ⬩ a shower of missiles ⬩ a shower of blows of a hammer falling on a weapon ⬩ a storm ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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a shower, storm of rain, snow, hail, etc. Scúr nimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 60: 76, 42. Scyúr (scúr, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 54. Ðes scúr hic imber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 43, 7. Swylce scúr ofer gærs quasi imber super herbam, Cant. M. ad fil. 2.
Linked entries: sceór scúr-heard scýr-mǽlum
scúr-boga
A rain-bow
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A rain-bow Ðonne ic scúrbogan mínne iéwe, Cd. Th. 93, 5; Gen 1541
scyte-heald
bent so as to shoot downwards ⬩ sloping steeply ⬩ oblique ⬩ inclined
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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.
Linked entry: -healden
scyte-rǽs
A headlong rush
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A headlong rush On scyterǽs oððe on fǽrfyll, unforesceáwadlíc in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 43
sealh
A sallow ⬩ sally ⬩ selly
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Reádes seales leáf (red sally)(lythrum salicaria, Plant Names, p. 413) 58, 28. Genim sealh, ii. 18, 26: 86, 7. On salig (saligum, Ps. Lamb.: salum, Ps. Surt.: sealum. Ps. Spl.) wé úre organan up áhéngan in salicibus snspendimus organa nostra, Ps.
seám
a seam ⬩ a load ⬩ burden ⬩ the furniture of a beast of burden ⬩ that in which a burden may be carried ⬩ a bag ⬩ a service which consisted in supplying the lord with beasts of burden ⬩ summagium ⬩ sagmegium
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R. S. 5; Th. i. 436, 6
secg-róf
a host of men
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a host of men (?) Cwóman wóldagas swylt eall fornom secgróf wera death carried off the host of men, Exon. Th. 477, 20; Ruin. 27
Linked entry: -róf
segnian
to make the sign of the cross upon anything in token of blessing or consecration ⬩ to bless ⬩ consecrate
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R. 105, 22. Hine sylfne séniende signando sese, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 13. without reference to the sign of the cross Segnade earce innan ágenum spédum Nergend, Cd. Th. 82, 21; Gen. 1365: 83, 35; Gen. 1390. of speech (?) Ué sægnade bene dicimus, Jn.
segl-ród
A sail-yard
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A sail-yard,Cd. Th. 182, 29; Exod. 83
seldor
More seldom ⬩ less frequently
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Bæþ ðám untrumum, swá oft swá hit framige, sý geboden; hálum sý seldor getíðod, R. Ben. 61, 1. Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 2
seld-
Little known ⬩ strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ unfamiliar
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Selcúþe reáf varias vestes, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9
Linked entry: -síne
sella
A giver
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A giver Ðone glædan syllan hilarem datorem, R. Ben. Interl. 25, 6
Linked entry: sylla
sengan
To singe ⬩ scorch
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R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 16
seonu-bend
A bond made of sinews
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Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v. Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86.
sib-fæc
A degree of relationship
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R. A. 468
sib-ræden
Affinity ⬩ relationship
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The king him let uor sibrede todele fram is wif, R. Glouc. 492, 9. A sybredyñ consanguinitas, Cath. Ang. 338, where see note. [See also sib-rit, sibbe-ridge, -red banns of marriage, E. D. S. Pub. B. 16.]
sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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sígere Sígende sond rén swylgþ bibulae arenae, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 12, 16
sige-tudor
A victorious ⬩ triumphant progeny
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A victorious, triumphant progeny, applied to the human race, Exon. Th. 154, 5; Gú. 838