meox-scofl
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A dung-shovel Man sceal habban . . . ofurace, mexscofle, Angl. ix. 265, 3
sǽ-scill
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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'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
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
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
hand-scólu
A retinue
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A retinue Mid his hondscóle with his retinue, Beo. Th. 3931; B. 1963. Handscále, 2638; B. 1317
hopp-scýte
A coverlet [?]
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A coverlet [?] Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid wahhryfte and mid hoppscýtan, Chart. Th. 529, 12
á-scylfan
to throw down ⬩ destroy
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to throw down,destroy Wíbed áscylfan aram pessumdare, Germ. 393, 49
a-sceáf
expelled
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expelled,Cd. 55; Th. 68, 11; Gen. 1115;
cáf-scype
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A quickness; velocitas, R. Ben. 5
Linked entry: cóf-scipe
edwít-scype
Cowardice ⬩ ignāvia, ignōmĭnia
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Cowardice; ignāvia, ignōmĭnia þurh edwítscype ignomĭniōse, Wald. 23; Vald. l, 14
fǽr-scyte
A sudden or pernicious shot ⬩ imprōvīsus
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A sudden or pernicious shot; imprōvīsus vel fātālis jactus We fæste sculon wið ðam fǽrscyte wearde healdan we should firmly hold ward against that sudden shot, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 4; Cri. 766: 35 a; Th. 113, 13; Gú. 157
fiðer-scýte
Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus
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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Fiðerscýte setel siliquastrum vel cathedra quadrāta, Ælfc. Gl. 116; Som. 80, 66; Wrt. Voc. 61, 44. Seó cyrce wæs eal of fiðerscítum marmstánum geworht the church was built all of quadrangular
fýr-scofl
A fire-shovel ⬩ batilla
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A fire-shovel; batilla, Cot. 24
Linked entries: gléd-scofl fír-scofl
oster-scill
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An oyster-shell Mid ostorscyllum gecnucud and gemenged, Lchdm. i. 338, 16
scult-héta
Similar entry: scyld-hǽta
ge-scild
A refuge ⬩ refugium
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A refuge; refugium, Ps. Spl. T. 70, 4
scild-burh
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a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr
Linked entry: bord-haga