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sceatt

Grammar
sceatt, <b>; I a.</b>
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Hæbbe ǽlc cniht mealtes ánne sester and sceat huniges, Cht. Th. 614, 1. Add

-sceáda

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽ-sceáda

sceadd

(n.)
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In l. 2 for sceaddgenge l. sceadd genge

sceaft

(adj.)
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add: In the phrase scæfta munda perhaps sceaft was intended to denote the extended thumb, v. N. E. D. shaftment. v. web-sceaft: lang-sceaft; adj

sceald

(adj.)
Grammar
sceald, adj. ?
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Shoal, shallow Andlang streámes út on scealdan fleót; ðonnen andlang scealdan fleótes, C. D. iii. 431, 21. Tó scelden mære, iv. 158, 10. Útt on scealdan ford (cf. on ðæs deópan fordes ende, iii. 431, 12), v. 256, 16: 300, 19

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, m.
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Add: [Whaðer unker þe geð abake and þis feoht wulle forsake, beo he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde, Laym. 23668]. v. sceand, f. ; swǽm

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, f.
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Add Ne wuldra þú on teónan fæder þínes, nys þé wulðor ac sceand (confusio), Scint. 174, 8. Add Hit is micel sceand (scand, v. l.) nimis turpe est, Past. 233, 11. an infamous person (v. sceand; m. ) Eugenia cwæð tó ðære sceande (cf. seó myltestre, 169

sceáta

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sceatt

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Add [S]ceatta bíbycgong rerum distractio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 35. Naaman beád ðám, Godes menn deórwurðe sceattas . . . 'Genim feówer scrúd and twá pund.' Hé ðá gewende ongeán mid þám sceattum, Hml. Th. i. 400, 10-22. <b>I a.</b> add: money

sceadd

(n.)

a shad

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a shad Ic geann Ælfhelme and Wulfáge ðæra landa betwux Ribbel and Mærse and on Wirhalum . . . on ðæt gerád ðonnesceaddgenge sý ðæt heora ǽgðer sylle .iii. þúsend sceadda intó ðære stówe æt Byrtúne I grant to Ælfhelm and Wulfeah the lands between the

Linked entry: sceadd-genge

sceada

Linked entry: sceáda

-sceaft

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-sceaft, adj.

Similar entry: feá-sceaft

sceald

Similar entry: dæg-sceald

sceand

(n.)
Grammar
sceand, e; f.

shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominya shameful, infamous, or abominable thing,

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shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy Byþ ðám scand and sceamu operiantur confusione et pudore, Ps. Th. 70, 12. Ig*-*nominium sconde hléwung (cf. (?) ge-léwan) sive fraceþu, idem et infa*-*mium Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 30. Sume wurdon getawod tó scande some were

sceolu

Similar entry: scolu

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

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

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

sceáf

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Add Berende scáfas heora, Ps. L. 125, 6. <b>II a.</b> add :-- 'Gebindað þá weód tó scǽfum (sceáfum, v. l. in fasciculos) tó forbærnenne,' Gr. D. 316, 2. Weóda sceáfas, 11. Bunda ł byrðenno ł sceáfa, Mt. L. 13, 30