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Anglo-Saxon

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scilfe

(n.)
Grammar
scilfe, an; f.
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A shelf, ledge, floorGen. 6, 16), Cd. Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306. Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme (cf. With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make the ark

Linked entry: scylfe

sciell

Similar entry: scill

sciéne

Similar entry: scíne

scife

Similar entry: scyfe

ælf-sciéne

(adj.)
Grammar
ælf-sciéne, -sciéno; adj.

Beautiful, like an elf or nymph ⬩ of elfin beauty ⬩ formosus ut genius vel nympha

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Beautiful, like an elf or nymph, of elfin beauty; formosus ut genius vel nympha Mæg ælfsciéno = ides ælfsciéno O woman of elfin beauty! Cd. 86; Th. 109, 23; Gen. 1827: Cd. 130; Th. 165, 11; Gen. 2730

scirfe-mús

Similar entry: scyrfe-mús

ælf-sciéne

Grammar
ælf-sciéne, -sciéno.

Take under ælf-scíne

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Take under ælf-scíne

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