scearn-wifel
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
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ed-sceaft
A new creation, new birth ⬩ regĕnĕrātio
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A new creation, new birth; regĕnĕrātio Com swefnes wóma, hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód ungelíc yldum óþ edsceafte the terror of a dream came, how the world was wondrously framed unlike to men until regeneration, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 30; Dan. 112: Bt. 34
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loh-sceaft
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and add: a stick with a strap to it (?)
sceadu-geard
A shady enclosure
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A shady enclosure Sceadugeardas Tempe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 17
sceadu-genga
One who walks in darkness
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One who walks in darkness Com on wanre niht scríðansceadugenga (Grendel), Beo. Th. 1410; B. 703.
sceanc-gebeorg
a greave
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A protection for the leg, a greave Bán*-*berge, scan[c]gebeorg ocreas Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 35
scearp-smeáung
A sharp, strict examination, argument
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A sharp, strict examination, argument Scearpsméung argumentum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 7. Scearpsmeáwunges argumenti, 13, 9
sceaþ-dǽd
A misdeed, crime
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A misdeed, crime Scsæþdǽd facinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 27. Sceþdǽd, ii. 39, 33. [Þat he hine awreke a þan awarriede uolke, þa hine isend hafden mid heore, scaðededen, Laym. 29578.]
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frum-sceat
First-fruits ⬩ prīmĭtiæ
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First-fruits; prīmĭtiæ He ofslóh frumsceateas ealles geswinces heora on geteldum Chames percussit prīmĭtias omnis lăbōris eōrum in tăbernācŭlis Cham, Ps. Spl. 77, 56. He slóh frumsceattas oððe frumwæstmas ealles geswinces heora percussit prīmĭtias omnis
sceaft-lóha
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The strap attached to the shaft of a missile Scaeptlóan hastilia telorum, Txts. 66, 489. Sceptlóum amentis, 42, 106
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sceaft-lóha
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-lón, -lóan
ge-sceap
a creation, created being or thing, creature ⬩ creātio, creātūra ⬩ a decree, fate, destiny, condition, nature, form, shape ⬩ fātum, destĭnāta, condĭtio, nātūra, indŏles, forma, spĕcies ⬩ the privy members ⬩ vĕrenda, pŭdenda ⬩ creature ⬩ decrees of fate
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a creation, created being or thing, creature; creātio, creātūra Song he be middangeardes gesceape cănēbat de creātiōne mundi, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 9. Þurh ðæt beorhte gesceap through that bright creature, Elen. Kmbl. 1576; El. 790. Ðissesgisceppes hujus
folc-scearu
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Þis þinceð gerisne þæt þú þe áferige of þisse folcsceare; þú þás werþeóde feorran gesóhtest. Gen. 2477. Is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded on þysse folcsceare. An. 684. Wæs gefrége in þǽre folcsceare, geond þá werþeóde wíde lǽded
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land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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a share, division, or portion of land, land, country Sume hine lǽtaþ ofer landscare ríðum tórinnan. Nis ðæt rǽdlíc þing gif swá hlutor wæter tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werþ some let it [spring of water] run away over their land in rills. It
leód-scearu
A people ⬩ nation
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A people, nation, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 12; Exod. 337
daroþ-sceaft
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in Dict
sceanc-bend
A band for the leg, a garter
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A band for the leg, a garter Scangbendas periscelides Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 55
sceanc-lira
the calf of the leg
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The fleshy,brawny part of the shank, the calf of the leg Scanclira surra Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 71
hleór-sceamu
Shame or confusion of face,
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Shame or confusion of face, Ps. Th. 68, 8
fære-sceat
Fare-scot, passage-money ⬩ naulum, prĕtium transĭtus
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Fare-scot, passage-money; naulum, prĕtium transĭtus, Som. Ben. Lye