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scíre

(n.)
Grammar
scíre, (?), an; f.
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An enclosure, precinct Portic porticus, scíre peribolum, heall aula. Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 3

scír-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
scír-, (scir- ?)ecg; adj.
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Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge Swurd scearp and scírecg, Lchdm. i. 390, 7. Cf. brún-ecg

scír-gemót

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gemót, es; n.
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S. 19; Th. i. 386, 14. Hǽbbe man tuwa on geáre scírgemðt, L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 3. Habbe man twá scírgemót on geáre, L. C. S. 18; Th. .i. 386, 5. See Stubbs' Const. Hist. s

scír-gesceatt

(n.)
Grammar
scír-gesceatt, es; n.
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The properly of a see Æðelríc bisceop grét freóndlíce Æðelmǽr: and ic cýðe ðæt is wana æt ðam scýrgesceatte ðus micelys ðe míne foregengan hæfdon . . . Ðises ys ealles wana .xxxiii. hída of ðám hídun ðe óðre bisceopas ǽr hæfdon intó hyra scýre.

Linked entry: ge-sceatt

scírig-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scírig-mann, es; m.
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Th. 275, 276, and in this sense it is taken by Kemble, v. Saxons in England, ii. 168 sq. In another charter the same person is mentioned, but without the title: a grant of land is made by Ethelred to Winchester 'ofer Wulfsiges dæg preóstes,' Cod.

Linked entry: scír-mann

scírness

(n.)
Grammar
scírness, e; f.
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An explanation, declaration (?) Scírnis ypoteseo bassio, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 73

scirpan

(v.)
Grammar
scirpan, p. te.
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to sharpen, whet Scyrpþ acuit, Engl. Stud. ix. 40. hwetton (scyrptun, MS. C. ) tungan heora acuerunt linguam suam. Ps. Spl. 139, 3. Scerptun, Ps.

scír-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
scír-þegen, es; m.
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The thane of a shire Ðises is gewitnesse . . . Godwine eorl . . . Ælfwine abbod . . . and ealle scírþegenas on Hámtúnscíre, Cod. Dip. B. i. 544, 8

scirung

(n.)
Grammar
scirung, e; f.
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Separation, dismission, rejection Gif swá biþ ðæt ne wyrðe ðære scyrunge (scirunge, MS. T. : ðæt wurðe ne beó, ðæt beó ðanon áscyred, Wells Frag. ) si non fuerit talis qui mereatur proici, R. Ben. 109, 21

scír-wered

(adj.)
Grammar
scír-wered, adj.
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Th. 179, 15; . 1262. Cf. swegl-wered

Linked entry: swegel-wered

scír-wita

(n.)
Grammar
scír-wita, an; m.
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A chief man (wita, q. v. ) of a shire Béte ðæt, swá se scírbisceop and eal scírwitan déman. Wulfst. 173, 30. Gebéte ðæt, swá scírewitan geceósan, 172, 4

scíte

(n.)
Grammar
scíte, scéte, scýte, an; f.
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A sheet, piece of linen cloth: — Scéte, loða sandalium, Wrt. Voc. ł. 119, 55. Scýte sindo, i. 25, 47: 81, 61: 284, 58. Wǽfelses l scýtan sindonis, Hpt. Gl. 494, 13. Mid scítan begird, Ap. Th. 12, 17.

Linked entries: scéte scýte

scitel

(n.)
Grammar
scitel, scytel
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Nim heortes scytel and cnuca duste, Lchdm. i. 336, 18. Nim fearres scytel, cnuca and gníd swíðe smale, 368, 12

Linked entry: scytel

Sciððeas

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððeas, Sciððie, Sciððige, a; pl.
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Huæðere ða Sciððie noldon hiene gesécan folcgefeohte, 2, 5; Swt. 78, 8-11. Eall Sciððia lond, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 22. wæs mid firde farende on Sciððie on ða norþdǽlas, 1, 10; Swt. 44, 7 : 2, 4; Swt. 76, 4.

Sciððia

(n.)
Grammar
Sciððia, Sciððiu; indecl. : Sciððie, an; f.
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Scythia Gotan of Sciððiu mǽgþe, Bt. 1; Fox 1, 1. Of Sciððia, Met. 1, 2. Wurdon twegen æðelingas áfliémde of Sciððian, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 25. Ðæt lond mon hǽtt þa ealdan Sciððian, 1, 1; Swt. 14, 17. v. preceding word

scitol

(adj.)
Grammar
scitol, adj.
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Purgative Mettas ðe late melten and swá ðeáh ne synd scitole, Lchdm. ii. 178, 1

scocere

(n.)
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Kmbl. v. 107, 9

scofettan

(v.)
Grammar
scofettan, p. te
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. : cf. sciéð, 3rd pers. sing. of sceótan, Swt. 70, 7) hidres ðædres óþ þæt áfielþ of his ágnum willan cum indubitanter constet, quod cor externis occupationum tumultibus impulsum a semetipso corruat, Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169, 13. Cf. scúfan

scofl

(n.)
Grammar
scofl, e; f.
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A shovel Scofl trulla, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 19 : ii. 122, 67. Ísern scobl vatilla, 123, 12. Scofle, spadu capella, tuba, 128, 36. Scoble palas, 116, 13. sceal habban spade, scofle, Anglia ix. 263, 6

Linked entries: scobl sceofl

scóhere

(n.)
Grammar
scóhere, scóere, es; m.
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A shoemaker Scoehere sutrinator, Txts. 1l5, 122. Scóere, 101, 1962

Linked entry: scóere