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sár

Grammar
sár, n.
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2. Add Saarum doloribus, Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 447, 12

scíd

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

scín

(v.)
Grammar
scín, scýn; p. scíde, scídde (cf. týn, þýn
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for conjugation) To sky, be afraid Martinus rád gescrýd mid sweartum cláþum; þá scýddon (scýhdon, v. l.) þá múlas þe ꝥ cræt tugon ðurh his tócyme áfyrhte, Hml. S. 31, 971. [v. N. E. D. shy; vb. O. H. Ger. sciuhen perhorrescere.] Cf. sceóh

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

-scít

(suffix)
Grammar
-scít, -scíte. v. for-scít(e).

seax

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Add Gyf þé syxes genyódige, þonne sníð þú mid þínum fingre ofer þonne óþerne, swylce þú cyrfan wille, Tech. ii. 123, 3. Ðá gesæt hé (Cuthbert) æt mýsan, micclum onbryrd hé beseah tó heofonum, and his sex áwearp (cultellus quem tenebat decidit in mensam

sél

(adv.)
Grammar
sél, adv.
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Add Hé gebæd for hine, and him wæs sóna sǽl (sél, v. l.); and hé hine þá genam oravit, moxque ilium melius habentem tulit, Gr. D. 247, 25. Add Næs him ealles ná þe sél þæs þe hé georne hédde, Hml, S. 23, 638

seó

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Wurdon his eágan yfele gehefegode . . . mid swíðlicum myste, swá ꝥ his seón swýðe þeóstrodon, Hml. S. 31, 588. Add

set

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add: <b>II a.</b> a place of residence Tó cynelicum seton ad palatinas zetas, An. Ox. 2, 132. add Terra his terminibus circumcincta. In oriente hámfleót, in occidente puplica strata, in aquilone híredes seota tó présta túne, C. D. ii. 102

siht

(adj.)
Grammar
siht, adj.
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Drained (?) On sihtre mǽde norþeweardre, C. D. iii. 430, 29. Cf. seohhe, seohtre

sæx

Similar entry: seax

sám-

(prefix)
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half-; the prefix denotes imperfection

Linked entry: sǽmra

sáp

(n.)
Grammar
sáp, e; f. (?)

Amber, resin, pomade

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Amber, resin, pomade Sáp, smelting (cf. smulting electrum, 94, 61) succinum vel electrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 31. Reádre deáge (in margin,sápe) rubro stibio (the word occurs in a passage treating of dressing the hair, cf. the passage in Pliny describing

Linked entry: sápe

sca-

(prefix)

Similar entry: scæ-

scía

(n.)
Grammar
scía, an; m.

The shin ⬩ crus

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The shin; crus Scía crus, Txts. 54, 299. Scíu (scía, scíæ, Rush.) crura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 31-33

scíd

(n.)
Grammar
scíd, es; n.

A shide ⬩ shingle ⬩ a piece of wood split thin ⬩ a billet

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A shide (v. Halliwell's Dict.), shingle, a piece of wood split thin, a billet Scíd scindula (in a list de igne), Wrt. Voc! i. 284, 15: 66, 41. Scídum scindulis, ii. 120, 12: 80, 21

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, scinn, es; n.

An extraordinary appearance ⬩ a deceptive appearance ⬩ a spectre ⬩ evil spirit ⬩ phantom

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An extraordinary appearance, a deceptive appearance, a spectre, evil spirit, phantom Scín portentum, Txts. 87, 1611. Scín fantasma, i. nebulum (-am?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 43: 95, 65: prestigiis, 79, 5. Bócstafa brego bregdeþ sóna feónd be ðam feaxe, lǽteþ

scír-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
scír-, (scir- ?)ecg; adj.

Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge

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Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge Swurd scearp and scírecg, Lchdm. i. 390, 7

scó

Similar entry: scóh

Seax-

(prefix)
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in proper names Sigeferþ Seaxing, Seaxa Sledding (in a list of East Saxon kings), Txts. 179, 23. Cf. Icel. Járn-Saxa = iron-chopper, the name of an ogress in the Edda. Ðá féng tó Eást-Seaxna ríce Swíþhelm Seaxbaldes suna, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 42. Ðæs cyninges