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scinn

(n.)

Similar entry: scín

scenc

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Þæne nón ná fylige scenc quam nonam non sequitur potus, Angl. xiii. 399, 484. Cweðað gé ꝥ gé þus fela scencea (þus manige calicas fulle, v. l.) ne gedruncon? numquid tot calices non bibistis?, Gr. D. 127, 11. Se abbud scencende mid syndrigum scencum (

scíd

Grammar
scíd, (?) a course.
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Dele, and see scrid: <b>scíd</b> a shide.Add:

scinn

(n.)
Grammar
scinn, es; n.
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A skin Manega gærsama on scynnan mid pælle betogen, Chr. 1075; P. 209, 31

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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Add: <b>I b.</b> morally clear, pure. [v. N. E. D. shire; adj. 4] Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan, scír in leóhte geríseð, Gn. Ex. 67. <b>II f.</b> add :-- Scírre clarior (limpida sum Titanis clarior orbe, Ald. 272, 18

-scola

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-scola

scorf

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Swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (scurf, scyrf, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add

scæ-

(prefix)

Linked entries: sca- scá- scǽ-

-scel

(suffix)

Similar entry: wæl-scel

sceb

Similar entry: sceabb

scenn

(n.)
Grammar
scenn, e; f. (?)

A plate of metal on the handle of a sword

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A plate of metal on the handle of a sword (?) (Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, pp. 29, 49, notes that the handles of some of the early swords were covered with plates of gold. v. hilt) Waes on ðǽmscennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam

sceom-

(prefix)

Similar entry: sceám

sceó

(n.)

a shoe

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a shoe

sceóne

Similar entry: scíne

sceór

Similar entry: scúr

wíd-scop

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-scop, -sceop; adj.
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Widely distributed (?) Fugla and deóra wornas wídsceope swá wæter bibúgeþ. Exon. Th. 356, 3; Pa. 8

Linked entry: -scop

ge-scógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scógan, ge-sceón
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Cóm se Godes wer gescód (-sceód) mid gehammenum scón, Gr. D. 37, 12. Gescód, Lch. iii. 200, 22, 23. &#39;Sceógeað eówre fétt&#39; . . . ðonne hæbbe wé bégen fétt gescóde, Past. 44, 10-13. Beón úre fét gesceóde, Angl. viii. 323, 28.

Linked entry: ge-sceód

deófol-scín

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-scín, es; pl. nom. acc.-scínnu ; n. [scín a vision, phantom, demon]

A diabolical vision, phantom, demon ⬩ dæmoniăcus vīsus, dæmon

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A diabolical vision, phantom, demon; dæmoniăcus vīsus, dæmon Deófolscín dæmoniăcus visus, M. H. 106 b. Deófolscínnu dæmŏnia, Scint. 7

Defena scír

(n.)
Grammar
Defena scír, Defna scír,e ; f. [Hunt. Deuenesire, Dauenescyre: Hovd. Daveneshire: Brom. Deveneschire: Kni. Devenchire, Devenschyre]

DEVONSHIRE ⬩ Devōnia

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DEVONSHIRE; Devōnia He wæs on Defena scíre he was in Devonshire, Chr. 878; Th. 146, 33, col. 1: 851; Th. 120, 20, col. 1. Hí ymbsǽton án geweorc on Defna scíre they besieged a fortress in Devonshire, 894; Th. 166, 28. Sideman wæs Defna scíre bisceop

scol-mann

(n.)
Grammar
scol-mann, scól-mann, -es; m.
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one who attends a school, a scholar Scól scola, scólman scolasticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 75. 27-28 : 46, 62. one who belongs to a band (v. scolu, II), a follower, client Scolman cliens, 46, 62

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