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ge-sceád

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Man sceal mǽðe on háde gecnáwan mid gesceáde, Ll. Th. i. 362, 5.

sceald-þýfel

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Þá geseah hé þǽr neáh him weaxan þicce scaluþýfelas (sceald-, v. l.) netelena and brémela urticarum el veprium juxta densa succrescere fruteta conspiciens, 101, 12.

ge-sceap

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Ic ( a cuckoo) under sceáte, swá mín gesceapu wǽron, ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Rä.10, 7. Swá scríðende gesceapum (fortuitu v. wyrd-gesceap) hweorfað gleómen, Víd. 135.

ge-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceád, -scád, es; n.

separation, distinction, difference ⬩ power of distinguishing, reason, discretion, discrimination, an account, a reckoning, argument ⬩ distinctio, discretio, distantia

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He sceal geþencan ðæt gedál and ðæt gesceád he must consider the distinction and the difference, L. de Cf. 1; Th. ii. 260, 13.

Linked entries: -sceád ge-scád

ambeht-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-scealc, es; m.

An official-servant ⬩ minister

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An official-servant; minister

Linked entry: scealc

a-sceáf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-sceáf, p. of a-scúfan.

expelled

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expelled,Cd. 55; Th. 68, 11; Gen. 1115;

beód-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
beód-sceát, es; m : beód-scýte, es; m.

A table-cloth ⬩ table-napkin ⬩ hand-towel ⬩ mantile ⬩ mappa

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A table-cloth, table-napkin, hand-towel; mantile, mappa Cot, 136

Linked entries: sceát scíte

beór-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
beór-scealc, es; m.

A beer-server ⬩ a butler ⬩ cerevisiæ minister

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A beer-server, a butler; cerevisiæ minister Beórscealca sum some one of the beer-servers Beo. Th. 2485; B. 1240

be-sceát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-sceát, p. of be-sceótan.

shot into

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shot into, precipitated one's self, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 5;

cláþ-scear

(n.)

a pair of shears

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a pair of shears

ciric-sceat

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-sceat, es; m.

Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate ⬩ ecclesiæ census.

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Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate; ecclesiæ census

for-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceap, es; n. [from sceapen formed, created; pp. of sceppan to create] What is for- or mis-shapen

a fault ⬩ crime ⬩ mălefactum

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a fault, crime; mălefactum Me nædre to forsceape scyhte the serpent incited me to crime, Cd. 42; Th. 55, 22; Gen. 898

Linked entry: sceap

freoðo-scealc

(n.)
Grammar
freoðo-scealc, es; m.

A minister of peace ⬩ pācis minister

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A minister of peace; pācis minister Swá se engel, fǽle freoðoscealc, fǽmnan sægde as the angel, the faithful minister of peace, said to the damsel, Cd. 105; Th. 138, 33; Gen. 2301. Sprǽcon fǽle freoðoscealcas to Lothe the faithful ministers of peace

inwit-scear

(n.)
Grammar
inwit-scear, es; m.
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Slaughter effected by craft,Beo. Th. 4949; B. 2478

land-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
land-sceap, es; n.

A district ⬩ land

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A district, tract of country, land Swá hé on landsceape stille stande ðǽr hine storm ne mæg wind áwecgan as if it [the vessel] stand still on land, where storm or wind cannot move it, Andr. Kmbl. 1002; An. 501

ge-sceád

Grammar
ge-sceád, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add For gódum gesceáde propter preuidentintn bonam, Chrd. 21, 22. Add Ne forlǽton heora gesettan tída ne an godcundum þénungum ne an óðrum gesceádum non eos debent preterire hore constitute, tam de officiis diuinis, quam aliunde, Chrd. 34, 27

Linked entry: sceád

ge-sceát

(v.; part.)

shot forward, darted,

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shot forward, darted, Beo.Th. 4628; B. 2319; p. of ge-sceótan

stán-scealu

(n.)
Grammar
stán-scealu, -scalu, e; f.
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Shale Of Stúre on ða stánscale, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word

be-sceád

(n.)
Grammar
be-sceád, es; n.

Distinction

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Distinction Ðerh bischeád per (minii) distinc*-*tionem, Mt. p. n, 13

Linked entry: sceád

beód-sceát

(n.)
Grammar
beód-sceát, es; m. -scíte, an; f. For Cot. 136
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substitute Beód-scýte oððe beódsceát mantile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 52