scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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sharp, having a fine edge or point Seaxes ecg scearp, Exon. Th. 70, 21; Cri. 1142. Ic eom heard and scearp, ingonges strong, 479, 19; Rä. 63, 1. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, Lchdm. ii. 314, 11. Scearpe gáras, Cd. Th. 124, 18; Gen. 2064.
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scearp
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</b> add :-- Godes word is cucu and scearp innan lǽrende þis mennisce andgyt, Hml. S. 23 b, 595
scearp-smeáung
A sharp, strict examination, argument
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A sharp, strict examination, argument Scearpsméung argumentum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 12, 7. Scearpsmeáwunges argumenti, 13, 9
scearp-síne
Sharp-sighted
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Sharp-sighted Gif hwá biþ swá scearpséne (-siéne, Cott. MS.) . . . swá swá Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre, ðæt mihte stánas þurhseón . . . gif ðonne hwá wǽre swá scearpsiéne, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 19-23
beadu-scearp
Battle-sharp ⬩ sharp in fight ⬩ applied to a sword ⬩ ad pugnam acutus
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Battle-sharp, sharp in fight, applied to a sword; ad pugnam acutus Cyning wælseaxe gebræd biter and beaduscearp the king drew his deadly knife bitter and battle-sharp, Beo. Th. 5401; B. 2704
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heoru-scearp
Terribly sharp
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Terribly sharp, Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 15; Rä. 6, 8
scearp-líc
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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Sharp, keen, searching, effectual Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wáges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire? Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1
scearp-þancol
Acute, subtle
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Acute, subtle Ða scearpþanclan witan ðe ðone twýdǽledan wísdóm tócnáwaþ, Lchdm. iii.440, 28
efen-scearp
Equally sharp ⬩ æque acūtus
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Equally sharp; æque acūtus Hí heora tungan teóþ sweorde efen-scearpe exăcuērunt ut glădium linguas suas, Ps. Th. 63. 3
mylen-scearp
Ground sharp
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Ground sharp Heówan mécum mylenscearpum, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 24; Æðelst. 24. v. next word
ungemet-scearp
Excessively sharp
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Excessively sharp Wǽron hyra tungan ungemetscearpe, Ps. Th. 56, 5
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un-scearp
Not sharp
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Not sharp Unscearp wín, Lchdm. ii. 212, 4
efen-scearp
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scearp-ecged
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scearp-numol
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scearp-ecged
Sharp-edged
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Sharp-edged God hét ðæt hé náme scearpecgedne flint, Homl. Th. i. 92, 33
scearp-numol
Efficacious
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Efficacious Ðeós wyrt ys swýðescearpnumul (-el, MS. B.) níwe wunda and wíde tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ, Lchdm. i. 134, 10. Ðeós wyrt is swíðe scearpnumul wið ðæt áttor, 152, 3. Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ, swá héscearpnumulra and
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sceár
A pair of shears or scissors;
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Sceára forfex, Wrt. Voc. i. 86, 21. Sceára forficis, ii. 1, 15. Tange forcipis, tang forceps, sceára forficis, 33,35-37. Tangan, tange forcipis,sceáre[n] forficis, Hpt. Gl. 417, 75.
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scear
A plough-share
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A plough-share scer, scær, scear uomis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 55, 16. Scaer vomer, Txts. 35, 32. Scear vomer vel vomis, Wrt. Voc. I. 15, I: 74,72. Scer, 287,6. Hwanon ðam yrþlinge sylan scear oððe culter, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29.
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