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scill

(n.)
Grammar
scill, scell, scyll, e; f.
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Fæger swylce hé of ǽgerum út álǽde, scír of scylle, Exon. Th. 214, 4; Ph. 234. a scale of a fish, serpent, etc.

Linked entries: sciell scyl scyll scel scell

-scíte

(suffix)
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-cornered. v. feówer-, feðer-, þrí-scíte (-scýte)

Linked entry: sceát

scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Dynedan scildas, Judth. Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204. Scylda parmarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 30. Eorles heregeata . . . ehta spera and eall swá feala scylda, L. C. S. 72 ; Th. i. 414, 7.

Linked entries: scyld hrung sceld

scipe

(n.)
Grammar
scipe, es; m.
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S. 2; Th. i. 272, 28. ¶ -scipe -ship, helps to form many nouns

scíma

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Seó sunne sylf æt middum dæge eall hire scíma wæs on blǽco gecyrred sol in medio coelo velut lucerna in die pallidescere videbatur, Guth. Gr. 167, 115. Seó sunne feala þinga onlýht myd hyre scíman, Solil. H. 31, 8. Scýman, 66, 22. Add

scort

(adj.)
Grammar
scort, adj.
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Sceort scip naviscella, 47, 60 : 56, 33. Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 17. Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS. R.) sceade ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 252, 13.

Linked entries: scyrtra sceort

scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj.
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Is seó womb wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 16; Ph. 308. Mægþ scýne, Beo. Th. 6025; B. 3016. Se scýna stán, Andr. Kmbl. 1532 ; An. 767. On stede scýnum, Exon. Th. 70, 33; Cri. 1148. Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, 85, 6; Cri. 1387.

Linked entries: sciéne scýne scéne sceóne

scon-

(prefix)

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scora

(n.)
Grammar
scora, an ; m.
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A hairy garment Bánrift tibialis, scora tricilo, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 16

scorf

(n.)
Grammar
scorf, sceorf, scurf, scruf, es ; m. (?)
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Scurf Hyt áfeormaþ ðone leahtor ðe Grécas hostopyturas hátaþ, ðæt ys scurf ðæs heáfdes, Lchdm. i. 322, 16. Wið scurfe and nebcorne, 68, 10. Wið heáfodsár, ðæt ys wið scurf, 116, 23. Wið scruf (scurf. MSS. H. B.) and wið sceb, 316, 22. Wið scurfum, 356

Linked entries: scruf scurf scyrf sceorf

scot

(n.)
Grammar
scot, es ; n.
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a shot, a shooting Hié his siððan wǽran swíðe éhtende ge mid scotum (gesceotum, MS. C.) ge mid stána torfungum ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 134, 15. [ a shot, missile, v. ge-sceot, and cf. No man ... No maner schot, ne pollax, ne

Linked entry: sceot

scríc

(n.)
Grammar
scríc, scréc a kind of thrush, screech, strike [v. E. D. S. Pub. Provincial names of birds, where screech, skrike are given as names of the missel*-*thrush, p. 1, and screech bird, screech thrush as those of the fieldfare (turdus pilaris), p. 6]
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Scríc, scréc, scruc (scriic ?) turdus, Txts. 103, 2069. Scríc turdus, Wrt. Voc. i. 29, 30: 281, 20

-scrid

(suffix)
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in ful-scrid

scrif

Similar entry: scræf

sciran

(v.)
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to cut

scíran

(v.)
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to discharge an office

Linked entry: scýran

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. Heó hire feax gerǽdde and hí mid scýtan besweóp crines

Linked entries: scéte scýte

-scód

(suffix)
Grammar
-scód, v. drýg-, ge-, un-scód; scógan.

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scép

Similar entry: sceáp

scife

Similar entry: scyfe

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