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sceáp

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Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 8. Hý létan him tó . . . þá mǽde þe gebyrað tó ðám geréflande . . . and his sceápa lǽse æfter þæs hláfordes, C. D. B. i. 544, 3. Add

sceát

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add: fig. Hé gelǽdde hine tó þám sceáte þǽre hálgan cyrican eum ad sanctae ecclesiae gremiun perduxit, Gr. D. 190, 26.<b>IV a.</b> add :-- Se munt tóbrǽddum his sceáte onféng and hæfde þis ilce cæster mons distenso sinu hoc idem castrum recepit

scead

(n.)
Grammar
scead, es; m.
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Siblingchyrst and Trowincsceadas and Rocisfald, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 123, 8. ?

Linked entry: sced

sceám

(n.)
Grammar
sceám, es; m.

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

Linked entry: sceom-

sceat

Similar entry: sceatt

sceád

(n.)
Grammar
sceád, n.
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-sceád

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sceád, adj.

Similar entry: ge-sceád

sceap

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scear

Similar entry: gúþ-scear

sceád

(n.)
Grammar
sceád, scád, es; n.

Sheda divisiondistinctionreasonreckoning

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Shed (in water-shed), a division, distinction, reason, reckoning Ðú scealt gyldan scád wordum thou shalt give an account (of thine actions) in words, Dóm. L. 73. Haueð wit and schad bituhhe god and uuel, O. E. Homl. i. 255, 30. Snæd and skill, Orm. 5534

sceal

Grammar
sceal, stall.

Similar entry: sculan

sceb

Similar entry: sceabb

sceald-þýfel

(n.)
Grammar
sceald-þýfel, (-hýfel),es; m.

A thicket

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A thicket Scaldthýflas, scald[t]hýblasalga, alge; scaldhýflas vel sondhyllas alga, Txts. 38, 58. 'Scaldhýflas alga, scaldhúlas paupilius, are errors. Scealdþýfelas, fruteta, thickets, occurs inGreg. Dial.' Lchdm. iii. 343, col. 2

Linked entry: sceald-húlas

scearp-síne

(adj.)
Grammar
scearp-síne, -siéne,-sýne; adj.

Sharp-sighted

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Sharp-sighted Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne (-siéne, Cott. MS.) . . . swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte stánas þurhseón . . . gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpsiéne, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 19-23

sceaft-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
sceaft-rihte, sceaft-riht; adv.
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As straight as a dart, in a straight line Of þám paðe sceaftrihte on alr, C. D. B. iii. 667, 14. West sceftrihte ofer ðone mór, 336, 25. Sceaftryht on cuddancnoll. . . sceaftryht oð lillesforda . . . sceaftryht oþ wideres leáge . . . sceaftryht oþ hlósleáge

sceáde-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
sceáde-sealf, e; f.

A salve that may be shed on a place , a medicinal powder

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A salve that may be shed on a place a medicinal powder Sceádesealf tó eágum, Lchdm. ii. 300, 6. Wyrc góde dríge scádesealfe: nim gebærned sealt and piper and hwíte*-*wudu, gegníd tó duste ásift þurh cláð, dó lytlum on, 308, 22

sceadu-helm

(n.)
Grammar
sceadu-helm, es; m.

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The cover of night, darkness Niht, scaduhelma gesceapu, Beo. Th. 1304 ; B. 650

sceanc-gegirela

(n.)
Grammar
sceanc-gegirela, an; m.

a garter

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Clothing for the leg, a garter Scancge*-*girelan periscelides Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 38

scearn-wibba

(n.)
Grammar
scearn-wibba, an; m.

A dung-beetle

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A dung-beetle Scærnwibba scarabeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 52

Linked entry: wibba

scearn-wifel

(n.)
Grammar
scearn-wifel, es; m.

A dung-beetle

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A dung-beetle Scearnwifel (-fifel, MS.) scarabeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 69. Halliwell gives sharn-bug, a cockchafer, as a Sussex word. Cf. Ssarnboddes (beetles) þet louieþ þet dong, Ayenb. 61, 32