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niþer-scyfe

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-scyfe, es; m.

A pushing down ⬩ falling down ⬩ hasty downward movement

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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74

Linked entry: scyfe

be-scyre

should shave ⬩ attonderet

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should shave; attonderet, L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7. 9; Similar entries 3rd pers. pres. subj. of be-scyran

ge-scrif

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scrif, es; n.

A judgment, command, ceremony ⬩ censura, edictum, ceremonia ⬩ scriptura, forma

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A judgment, command, ceremony; censura, edictum, ceremonia, Cot. 59: 79: 56

Linked entry: ge-scryfu

ge-scýrd

Similar entry: ge-scrýdan

ge-scola

(n.)
Grammar
ge-scola, an; m.

A fellow-debtor ⬩ condebitor

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A fellow-debtor; condebitor, Cot. 208

Linked entry: -scola

stel-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
stel-scofl, (?), e; f. The word apparently should mean a shovel with a long handle (v. stela), but it glosses
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faselus Steolscofle faselo, Germ. 400, 498

Linked entry: steol-scofl

steol-scofl

Similar entry: stel-scofl

under-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
under-scyte, es; m.

Intercepting ⬩ intervention

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Intercepting, intervention Se móna mæg þurh his underscyte ða sunnan áþeóstrian, Lchdm, iii. 242, 25. Wé rǽdaþ on tungelcræfte ðæt seó sunne bið hwíltídum þurh ðæs mónelícan trendles underscyte áðýstrod, Homl. Th. i. 608, 32

ge-scild

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Add: Gescyld refugium, Ps. Spl. T. 17, I

hand-scólu

Grammar
hand-scólu, l.
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scolu

hnut-scill

(n.)
Grammar
hnut-scill, (?), e. f.

A nut-shell

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A nut-shell. Perhaps the word may be inferred from the form hnutscyllingas in hnutscyllinga mearc, C. D. iv. 105, 5

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, a coverlet (?).
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft. In the poem of

meox-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
meox-scofl, e; f.
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3

sǽ-scill

(n.)
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a sea-shell Hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded, and þǽr wæs understregd mid sǽscellum and mid scearpum stánum (cf. mittitur in carcerem ubi . . . fragmenta testarum subter eum sternebantur, Bede&#39;s Life of Felix), Shrn. 51, 13

scild-hreóþa

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Take here scild-rí da in Dict., in l. 5 after sendaþ insert flángeweorc, and add: -réda, -rí da Sceldréda, -hréða testudo, Txts. 100, 997

Linked entry: bord-hreóða

scild-truma

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Add: a compact body of troops, a company Scildtruman testudine, An. Ox. 3796. Férde hé him hindan tó mid ðrým scyldtruman ( he went forth behind them in three companies, 1 Macc. 5, 33), Hml. S. 25, 423

scild-wyrhta

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On Manléfes gewitnesse, and on Leówerdes Healta, and on Sweignes scyldwirhta, Cht. Th. 638, 21. Add

sceáf-fót

(adj.)
Grammar
sceáf-fót, adj.

Splay-footed

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Splay-footed Scábfoot, scaabfót,scáffo[o]t pansa, Txts. 90, 832. Scáffót, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 78

ǽg-scill

(n.)
Grammar
ǽg-scill, e; f.

An egg-shell

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An egg-shell Clǽnes huniges áne ǽgscylle fulle, Lch. iii. 6, 29. iii ǽgscylla, 14, 22. Twá ǽgscille fulle, i. 376, 8

Linked entry: scill

hand-scólu

(n.)
Grammar
hand-scólu, -scálu, e; f.

A retinue

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A retinue Mid his hondscóle with his retinue, Beo. Th. 3931; B. 1963. Handscále, 2638; B. 1317