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sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: — God mundað þá stówe, and þá slihð and gescynt þe þǽr sceaþian willað, Hml. S. 25, 805

sceaþian

(v.)
Grammar
sceaþian, p. ode

To hurt, harm, spoil, rob

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To hurt, harm, spoil, rob Ne sceaþa ðú thou shalt not steal, Wulfst. 66, 18. Ðæt deófol tó swýðe ne sceaþige, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 26. Gif hwylc þeódsceaþa sceaþian onginneþ, Th. ii. 310, 24: L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 29. Scaðian, Wulfst. 191, 19.

ge-sceaþian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceaþian, p. ode; pp. od

To injure, harm, scathe

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To injure, harm, scathe Hú he on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaþian mǽge how he can most injure the souls of men, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 31

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ge-sceaþian

(v.)
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II

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