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scír-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
scír-, (scir- ?)ecg; adj.
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Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge Swurd scearp and scírecg, Lchdm. i. 390, 7. Cf. brún-ecg

scía

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

scín

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

scín-

(prefix)
Grammar
scín-, scinn-hiw, es;
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n, A form produced by magic, phantom, spectre Scínhiw prestigium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 61: fantasma , ii. 33, 82. Scínlác vel [scín]hiw fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis , 147, 42. Réþlic scínhiw ferale monstrum , 147, 53: Hymn. Surt. 142, 12. Ne

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).

ceáp-scip

(n.)
Grammar
ceáp-scip, es; n.

A merchant ship, trading shipnavis mercatoria

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A merchant ship, trading ship; navis mercatoria Hí wícingas wurdon, and æt ánum cyrre án c and eahtatig ceápscipa geféngon they became pirates, and took, at one time, one hundred and eighty trading ships, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 2

hýð-scip

(n.)
Grammar
hýð-scip, es; n.

A pirate-ship

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A pirate-ship Híðscip myoparo, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 100; Wrt. Voc.56, 21. Hýdscip mioparo, ii. 59, 26

lang-scip

(n.)
Grammar
lang-scip, es; n.
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A long-ship, a large war-ship Ðá hét Alfred cyng timbran langscipu [other MSS. lange scipu] ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 11

hlæst-scip

(n.)
Grammar
hlæst-scip, es; n.

A merchant-vessel

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A merchant-vessel Hlaestscip honeraria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 46

horn-scip

(n.)
Grammar
horn-scip, es; n.

A ship having a beak [rostrum], a ship with a horn-like projection in the bow,

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A ship having a beak [rostrum], a ship with a horn-like projection in the bow, Andr. Kmbl. 547; An. 274

scín

(n.)
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brightness, shine. (?)

sció

Similar entry: sceón

scír

(adj.)
Grammar
scír, adj.
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Clear, bright Scír limpidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 54. Sciir sublustris, Txts. 96, 941. I. of living creatures, bright, brilliant, splendid, resplendent: — Scír Metod (God) , Beo. Th. 1962 ; B. 979. Scír cyning (Christ), Exon. Th. 71, 9; Cri. 1153. Is seó

scíd

(n.)
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a course (?) Scíd (ryne, MS. T. ) currus (cursus? ), Ps. Spl. C. 67, 18. (?)

scín

(n.)
Grammar
scín, an evil spirit.
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Hé yfelsacode þæs ælmihtigan Godes mægnþrym in wyrginge and in scinna cíginge, Gr. D. 289, 9. Add

scír

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Add Gebohtre scíre wítnung ambitus judicium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 12. Hé onféng þǽre heordelican scíre gýmnysse pastoralem suscepit curam, Gr. D. 191, 26. Héde sé ðe scíre (cf. scír-mann; ) healde, Angl. ix. 259, 13. dele last passage, and add Férde se