scearpe I. adv. ‘sharply,’ keenly, Hex, Ps; Æ.
II. f. scarification, Lcd.
scearpecged ‘sharp-edged,’ Æ.
scearpian to score, scarify, Lcd.
scearplic sharp, severe, effectual. adv. -līce ‘sharply,’ acutely, keenly, CP: painfully, severely, OET, W: effectually, CM 192: attentively, A: quickly, WW.
scearpnes f. ‘sharpness,’ acuteness, keen observation, Bo, Cp, CP; Æ: tartness, pungency, acidity, Lcd, W; Æ: efficacy.
scearpnumol effective, Lcd.
scearpsīene keen-sighted, Bo.
scearpsmēawung f. argument, G.
scearpðanc(ful)līce adv. efficaciously.
scearpðancol quick-witted, keen, Lcd 3·44028.
scearpung f. scarifying, Lcd.
scēarra fpl. shears, scissors, A, CP, WW. [‘shear’]
scearseax (e, i, ie, y) n. razor, CP.
scearu I. (a, æ, y) f. shearing, shaving, tonsure, Æ.
II. (a) f. ‘share’-bone, groin, Lcd, WW (a).
scēat I. m. corner angle, edge, point, promontory, Mdf: quarter, district, region, surface (of the earth): lap, bosom, fold, CP: napkin, sheet, covering, cloak, garment, CP: inlet, creek, BH 9027. [Ger. schoss]
scēata m. angle, corner, AO: bosom, lap, lower part of a sail: napkin. [Ger. schote]
scēatcod m. wallet, WW 1075. [codd]
sceatlīne f. sheet by which a sail is trimmed to the wind, WW 28824.
sceatt (æ, e) m. property, treasure, coin, money, wealth, LL: payment, price, tribute, bribe, reward, Æ: money of account, denarius, twentieth part of a shilling (Kent), v. LL 2·634. [‘sceat’]
sceatwyrpan to make the payment to the bridegroom on which the bride passes into his power from that of the father, WW 3861 (v. ES 42·170).
scēað (ǣ, ē) f. ‘sheath,’ Æ, JnL (ēæ): spike, nail, JnL 2023? [cp. hornscēað]
sceaða (a) m. injurious person, criminal, thief, assassin, B, Mt; Æ: (†) warrior, antagonist: fiend, devil: injury, Gen 549. [‘scathe’]
sceaðan = sceððan
sceaðel f. shuttle? weaver’s slay? LL 455, 15, 1 (v. ANS 115165).
sceaðenes = sceðnes
sceaðful hurtful, GD 209. [‘scatheful’]
sceaðian to injure, spoil, steal.
sceaðig (æ) injurious, ÆGr 6315.
sceaðung f. injury, damage, TC 13818.
scēawendsprǣc f. scurrility, buffoonery, WW 5334.
scēawendwīse f. buffoon’s song, Rd 99.
scēawere m. beholder, spectator, observer, spy, B; Æ, CP: mirror. [‘shower’]
±scēawian to look, gaze, see, behold, observe, B; Æ, AO, CP: inspect, examine, scrutinize, Chr, Lk; Æ, AO: have respect to, look favourably on, Æ: look out, look for, choose, Æ: decree, grant. [‘show’]
scēawung (a) f. seeing, surveying, inspection, scrutiny, examination, contemplation, AO, CP: respect, regard: show, spectacle, appearance, Bl, MkL: toll on exposure of goods. [‘showing’]
sceb = sceabb
scēb = scēaf
scec = scæc
scecel = sceacel
sced = scead
scef- = sceaf-, scyf-
scegð (æ, ei) mf. vessel, ship. [ON. skeið]
scegðmann (æ) m. sailor, pirate, viking, Æ.
scehð = scegð
sceið = scegð
sceld = (1) scield; (2) scyld I.
sceld- = scild-, scyld-
scelfan3 (= ie) to totter, shake. [ON. skialfa]
scelfor = scealfor
scelle (= ie) separation? cutting off? Cp 777c (v. FM 100).
scemel = scamol
scēnan = scǣnan
scenc (æ) m. (±) drink, draught, Lcd, MtL: cup, CM 959. [‘shench’]
±scencan to pour out, give drink, B, LPs (æ), Sc; Æ, CP. [‘shench’; Ger. schenken]
scencingcuppe f. jug, TC 5367.
scendan I. (±, i, ie, y) to put to shame, confound, discomfort, AO, VPs: blame, CP (ie): corrupt, injure, Cr, DR: disgrace, insult. [‘shend’]
scendle f. reproach, LkLR 118.
+scendnes = +scandnes
scendung f. reproach, affliction, N.
scēne = scīene
scēnfeld = scīnfeld
scennum dp. of sb. pommel of sword-hilt? plate of metal on pommel? B 1694.
+scento, +scendðo (VPs) f. shame, confusion.
scēo I. cloud? Rd 441.
sceo- = sco-, scu-
scēo- = scō-, scū-
sceocc- = scucc-
scēod I. = scōd pret. 3 sg of sceððan.
scēofan = scūfan
scēogan (CP) = scōgan
scēoh I. ‘shy,’ timid, Rim 43.
scēohmōd timid, Jul 672.
sceol (*sceolh) squinting, awry, WW. [Ger. scheel]
sceolan = sculan
sceoldan = scieldan
sceolh-ēge, -ē(a)gede (y) squinting, Æ.
sceolu = scolu
sceom- = scam-
scēon (±) I. † to fall (to), occur, happen: go quickly, fly.
scēon- = scīen-
sceonc- = scanc-
sceond = scand
sceop = scop
scēop pret. 3 sg. of scieppan.
sceoppa m. booth, Lk 211. [‘shop’]
sceoppend = scieppend
scēor = scūr
sceoran = scieran
sceorf = scurf
sceorfan3 to scarify, gnaw, AO: (+) scrape, shred.
sceorian = scorian
sceorp (o) n. ornament, clothing, AO: equipment, fittings (for a ship?), LL 444[1].
±sceorpan3 to scrape, gnaw, Lcd.
scēos gs., nap. of scēoh, scōh.
±scēot ready, quick.
sceota m. ‘shoat,’ trout, WW 94.
±scēotan2 to ‘shoot,’ hurl missiles, cast, Bl, Ma, ZDA; Æ: strike, hit, push, thrust, AO, Lcd, Ma: run, rush, dart, press forward, Æ, Jn: contribute, pay: refer to, appeal to, Æ, TC.
scēotend † m. bowman, warrior.
sceoton = scuton pret. pl. of scēotan.
sceoða = sceaða
scēo-ðwang, -ðong m. ‘shoe-thong,’ boot-lace, Jn.
scēowyrhta m. shoemaker, leather-worker, GD 3221 (scōh-); WW 975.
scep = scyp I.
scep- = sciep-
+scep = +sceap
sceppe f. a dry measure, NC 319. [ON. skeppa]
sceptlōh, sceptōg (Gl) = sceaftlō
scer = scear
scer- = scear-, scier-, scir-
scerero (OET) = scearra
scernicge (= ie) f. actress, female jester, A; MH, Rd (sciren-).
+scert shortened, OEG 130. [scyrtan]
sceruru = scearra
scēt = scēat pret. 3 sg. of scēotan.
scēte = scȳte
scett = sceatt
sceðdǣd (æ) f. injurious deed, crime, WW.
sceð-nes, -enes f. hurt, injury.
±sceððan6 and wv. (ea, y) to scathe, injure, hurt, crush, oppress, disturb. [sceaða]
sceððend † m. adversary.
+sceððendlic hurtful, DR 11816.
sceððu f. hurt, injury, Lcd 1·34217.
sceðwrǣc hurtful, wicked, Bl 16133.
sceu- = scu-
scēu- = scū-
scēwyrhta = scēowyrhta
scīa m. shin, leg, Gl.
sciccels, sciccel (y) m. coat, mantle, cloak.
sciccing m. mantle, cloak, cape, Gl.
scīd n. thin slip of wood, shingle, billet, Gl, WW. [‘shide’]
scīdhrēac m. rick or heap of firewood, EC 351.
scīdweall m. wooden palings, WW 14628.
+scīe = +scȳ
-scīelan (ȳ) v. be-s.
scield (e, i, y) m. ‘shield,’ protector, Bl, Ph: (±) protection, defence, VPs; AO, CP: part of a bird’s plumage? Ph 308.
scield- v. also scild-.
±scieldan (i, eo, y) to protect, ‘shield,’ (‘i-shield’) guard, defend, defend oneself, Æ, B, Bl, VPs; CP. +scieldod furnished with shields, Bl.
sciele (CP) pres. sg. subj. of sculan.
sciell f. ‘shell,’ Cp, MH; OEG: shell-fish: scale, CP; Æ, AO. [scalu]
sciellfisc (i, y) m. ‘shell-fish,’ Bo.
-sciellig (y) v. stān-s.
scielliht (e) having a shell, Lcd.
scīene (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) beautiful, Cr, Gen (ē), Pa, Ph (ȳ): bright, brilliant, light, Cr (ȳ). [‘sheen’]
scīenes (ēo, ī, ȳ) f. suggestion, instigation, CP. [scȳan]
±scieppan6 (e, i, y) to create, form, make, Gen: order, destine, arrange, adjudge, assign, B, Wy. [‘shape,’ ‘i-shape’]
±Scieppend m. Creator, B (y); CP. [‘sheppend’]
±scieran4 (æ, e, eo, i) to cleave, hew, cut, An, B: cut hair, Æ, CP: receive tonsure, Guth: ‘shear’ sheep, BC. pp. scoren abrupt, CP 2158.
scierden (e) adj. of sherds, GPH 400. [sceard]
sciering (e) f. shearing, shaving, CM 610.
±scierpan I. to deck, clothe, equip, ÆL (y). [sceorp]
II. (e, y) to sharpen, A, VPs: rouse. [‘sharp’]
+scierpla (i, y) clothing, garments.
scierseax = scearseax
scīete (ē, ī, ȳ) f. cloth, towel, shroud, Æ, BH, Cp, Mk, WW. [‘sheet’]
scife = scyfe
±sciftan to divide, distribute, allot, LL (y): place, order, arrange, LL, W (y). [‘shift’]
scild = scield
scild- = scyld-
scildburh † (e, y) f. shield-wall, phalanx: roof of shields, testudo: castle, fortress, Sat 309 (e).
scilden f. protection, WW 5217.
±scild-end, -ere (ie, y) m. protector, defender.
scildfreca (y1) m. warrior, B 1033.
scildhete m. foe, An 85. [scyld]
scildhrēoða (y1, e2, ea2) m. shield, buckler: testudo, phalanx.
±scildnes (ie) f. defence, protection.
scildtruma (y1) m. testudo, phalanx, Æ, OEG. [‘sheltron’]
scildung f. protection, Æ.
scildweall (y1) m. wall of shields, B 3118.
scildwiga (y1) m. warrior, B 288.
scildwyrhta (y1) m. shield-maker.
scile (CP) pres. subj. of sculan.
scilfix = sciellfisc
scilfor yellow, golden, OEG.
scill = sciell
scilling (y) m. ‘shilling’ (consisting of a varying number of pence), silver coin, Æ, G, LL (v. 2·640), WW.
scillingrīm n. count of shillings, Wid 92.
scima m. ray, light, brightness, effulgence, splendour, CP: twilight, gloom. [scīnan]
scimerian (y) to glisten, shine, OEG 2351; NC 319. [‘shimmer’]
scīmian to shine, glisten, ÆGr, LkL: grow dusky, dim, be dazzled, bleared, Æ. [‘shim’]
scīnan1 (ȳ) to ‘shine,’ flash, Æ, BH, Bl, Bo, Cp, Mt; CP: (+) shine upon, illuminate.
scinbān n. ‘shin-bone,’ WW.
scinccing (OET p. 26) = sciccing
+scincio np. the fat about the kidneys, Lcd.
scindan = scendan
scīndlāc = scīnlāc
scīnefrian to glitter, WW 34819.
scinelāc = scīnlāc
scīnende ‘shining,’ MH (y), WW: eminent, distinguished, BH.
scīnendlic shining, LPs 189.
scīnfeld (ēa) m. Elysian fields, Temple.
scīngedwola m. phantom, WW 45511.
scīngelāc ‡ n. jugglery, magical practices.
scinhosu f. greave, OEG.
scīnlāc I. n. sorcery, magic: apparition, spectre, delusion, superstition: frenzy, rage, AO.
scīnlǣca m. wizard, magician, AO(ā2).
scīnlǣce I. magic, spectral, AO.
II. f. sorceress, witch.
scinlic (y) spectral, NC 320.
scinn (CP) n., scinna m. spectre, illusion, apparition, phantom, evil spirit.
scinncræft (y) m. sorcery, magic, AO.
scinncræftiga m. sorcerer, GD 2715; LL 248[7].
scinnere m. magician, Gl.
scīnnes I. f. radiance, MkL 1324.
scinnhīw n. spectre, illusion, phantasm.
scīnsēoc spectre-haunted, Lcd 1·3644.
scinu (y) f. ‘shin,’ WW.
scip (y) n. ‘ship,’ BH, Bo, Cp; AO, CP.
scipbroc n. hardship on ship-board, Bl 1736.
scipbrucol (y) destructive to shipping, GPH 4019.
scipbryce m. right to claim wreckage, KC 4·208. [‘shipwreck’]
scipȳbme (y) f. ship’s trumpet, GPH 391.
scipcræft m. naval force, Chr 1048d.
scipdrincende shipwrecked, DR 6116.
scipe m. pay, teage, WW; Æ 3155: position, rank. [‘shipe’]
scipehere = sciphere
scipen (e, y) f. ‘shippon,’ stall, cattle-shed, A, BH (y).
scipere (y) m. shipman, sailor, Chr. [‘shipper’]
scipfæreld n. voyage, GD 27318.
scipfæt n. a vessel in the form of a ship, WW 1248.
scipfarend m. sailor, BH 3·15 (title).
scipfērend m. sailor, An 250.
scipfierd f. naval expedition, fleet, AO.
scipflota m. sailor, pirate, Chr 937a.
scipforðung f. equipment of ships, LL 314[´].
scipfultum m. naval aid, naval reinforcements, Chr 1049c.
scipfylleð private jurisdiction exercised over a group of three hundreds, KC 6·240 (v. BT).
scipfyrd = scipfierd
scipfyrdung f. fleet, naval expedition: fitting out of ships.
scipfyrð(r)ung f. equipment of ships.
scipgebroc n. shipwreck, AO, CP.
scipgefeoht (y) n. naval battle, GPH 389.
scipgefēre n. sailing, BH 1502.
scipgetāwu f. tackling of a ship, WW 18124.
scipgyld n. ship-tax, ship-money, Ct.
sciphamor m. hammer for giving a signal to rowers, WW.
sciphere m. naval force, fleet (usu. hostile), squadron, armada, AO, Chr: crew of a warship.
scipherelic naval, HGl 40640.
sciphlǣder f. ship’s ladder, WW.
sciphlæst (y) m. ship-load, crew, AO, CP: ship of burden.
sciphlāford m. master of a ship, skipper, WW 18121.
scipian to take ‘ship,’ embark: (±) man or equip a ship, Chr.
scipincel n. little ship, WW.
sciplād (y) f. journeying by sea, sailing, BH 19829.
sciplæst = sciphlæst
sciplic naval, Gl.
sciplið n. naval force, Chr 1055c.
sciplīðend m. seaman, sailor: voyager, ÆL 33138.
sciplīðende ptc. sailing.
scipmǣrls m. ship’s rope, cable, WW.
scipmann m. ‘shipman,’ sailor, rower, BH, Chr (y): one who goes on trading voyages.
scipp- = sciepp-
sciprāp m. ship’s rope, cable, AO.
sciprēðra (y) m. rower, sailor.
sciprōðor n. ship’s oar or rudder, WW 45518.
sciprōwend m. rower, sailor, WW 45514.
scipryne m. passage for ships, Ct.
scipsetl n. bench for rowers, WW.
scipsōcn f. = scipfylleð
scipsteall (y) m. place for ships, BC 3·31616.
scipstēora m. steersman, pilot, CP.
scipsteorra m. pole-star, Lcd 3·27020.
scip-stīera, -stȳra = scipstēora
scip-tearo, -ter, n., gs. -tearos scip-t(e)ara, -te(o)ra m. (ship-tar), bitumen, pitch.
sciptol m. passage money, Æ.
scipwealh m. servant whose service is connected with ships? (BT); one liable to serve in the fleet? (Swt), EC 376.
scipweard m. ship-master, An 297.
scipwered n. crew, WW 45117.
scipwīsan (on) adv. like a ship, Æ.
scipwyrhta m. ‘shipwright,’ WW 1125.
scīr I. (ȳ) f. office, appointment, charge, authority, supremacy, AO, Cp; CP: district, diocese, see, province, ‘shire,’ parish, AO, LL; Æ: tribe.
II. adj. bright, gleaming, shining, resplendent, B, Bo: clear, translucent, Cr, WW: pure, unmixed, B, Bo: white, Jn 435. [‘shire’]
sciran = scieran
scīran (ȳ) to make clear, say, tell, declare, B, CP: arrange, determine, decide, decree, act in authority, CP: (±) clear from, get rid of, AO, CP.
scīrbasu bright purple, WW 19312.
scīrbisceop m. bishop of a diocese, WW 17330.
scīre adv. brightly, An: clearly: mightily, Cr 1142. [‘shire’]
scīre- = scīr-
scīrecg keen-edged, Lcd 1·3907.
scirenicge (Rd 99) = scernicge
scīresmann = scīrmann
scirfemūs f. shrew (mouse), WW 47716. [sceorfan]
scīrgemōt n. shire-moot.
scīrgerēfa m. ‘sheriff,’ KC.
scīrgesceat (ȳ) n. property of a see, Ct.
scīrham clad in bright mail, B 1895.
±scirian (e, y) to ordain, appoint: allot, assign, grant: (+) mark off, count, reckon.
sciriendlic (y) derivative, WW 22223.
scīrigmann = scīrmann
scīrlett n. piece or measure of land, Ct.
scīrmǣled splendidly marked, brightly adorned, Jud 230.
scīrmann (ȳ) m. governor of a shire, prefect, sheriff, steward, procurator, official, KC; Æ, CP; v. LL 2·649: inhabitant of a district, Æ. [‘shireman’]
scīrnes f. elucidation, WW 27923.
scirp- = scierp-
scirseax = scearseax
scīrðegen m. thane of a shire, BC 1·5448.
scirung f. separation, rejection, RB 10921.
scir-wæter (scyr-) n. water forming a boundary, Chr 656e. [scieran]
scīrwered brightly ornamented? bright? Gu 1262.
scīrwita m. chief man of a shire, W.
scītan1 to ease oneself.
scīte = scȳte
scitefinger = scytefinger
scitol purgative, Lcd 66a.
scitte f. purging, Lcd. [‘shit’]
sclāt (Gl) = slāt pret. 3 sg. of slītan.
scmēgende (VPs) = smēagende pres. ptc. of smēagan.
scnīcend (Gl) = snīcend pres. ptc. of snīcan.
scō = scōh
sco- = sceo-
scobl = scofl
scocca = scucca
scocha (= scohha) ‘lenocinium’, Ep 579.
scōcnyll m. signal for putting on shoes, ANS 84·10.
scōd I. pret. 3 sg. of sceððan.
+scōe = +scȳ
scōere m. shoemaker, Gl. [‘shoer’]
scofettan to drive hither and thither, CP 16913.
scofl f. ‘shovel,’ A, Cp, Ep.
scōgan pp. sc(ē)od to ‘shoe,’ Æ, CP.
scōh, scō, scēo m. gs. nap. sc(ē)os, gp. sc(ē)one, dp. sc(ē)on, scōum ‘shoe,’ JnL, Mt, WW.
scōhere = scōere
scōhnægl m. shoe-nail, WW.
scōhðēn (ēo) m. shoe-cleaner, RBL 919.
scōian = scōgan
scōl f. ‘school,’ Æ, Lcd; AO.
+scola m. debtor, WW 1528. [sceal]
+scōla m. fellow-student, OEG 2271.
scōlere m. ‘scholar,’ learner, A, LL.
scōliere = scōlere
scōlmann m. scholar, pupil: client.
scolu I. (eo) f. troop, host, multitude. [‘school’]
scom- = scam-
scōmhylte (scomm-?) n. shady copse, thicket, WW 4113.
scon- = scan-
scop (eo) m. singer, poet, B, Bo; AO. [‘scop’]
scopcræft m. poetry, ÆGr 2159.
scopgereord (eo1) n. language of poetry, BH.
scoplēoð n. poem, AO.
scoplic poetic, OEG 119.
scora m. hairy garment, WW 2781.
scorian (eo) I. to refuse, Æ.
II. to jut out.
scorp = sceorp
scort (eo, y) ‘short,’ not long, not tall, Bo, GD (eo): brief, Æ, Bo, CP.
scortian to become ‘short,’ shorten, Lcd (eo): (±) run short, fail.
scortlic brief, Sc 21416 (eo). adv. -līce ‘shortly,’ briefly, soon, AO; Æ.
scortnes f. ‘shortness,’ small amount: summary, abstract, Æ (eo): short space of time.
scortwyrplic (eo) shortly coming to pass, Lcd 3·1562.
scoru a ‘score,’ NC 320. [scoren; scieran]
±scot (eo) n. ‘shot,’ shooting, OEG; AO: darting, rapid motion, Men: what is shot forth, AO, CP: (+) scot, payment: private apartment, sanctum, chancel, Æ.
+scotfeoht n. shooting, battle, PPs.
scotfrēo scot-free, free of tribute, Ct.
±scotian (co) (tr. and intr.) to move rapidly, shoot, hurl a javelin, Æ.
scotlīra m. calf of the leg, Lcd.
scotspere n. dart, javelin, HGl 405.
Scottas mpl. the Scots, Æ, CP.
scotung (co) f. shooting: missile.
scōum v. scōh.
scōung f. provision of shoes, LL 450[10].
-scrād v. scrīðend-s.
Cross-reference does not appear to exist; it may be an error for
“v. scrīðend [see scrīðan],
scrāð” as separate words.
Entry from first edition:
scrād a moving body? (v. scrīðan), a vessel? a body of
travellers, BT.
scrādung = scrēadung
scræb m. cormorant? ibis? Cp 1311.
±scræf (ea, e) n. [obl. cases occly. have scraf-] cave, cavern, hole, pit, Æ, CP: hovel, Æ.
+scrǣpe = +scrēpe
scrætte f. adulteress, prostitute, Gl. [L. scratta]
scrǣwa = scrēawa
scraf- v. scræf.
scrallettan † intr. to sound loudly.
scranc pret. 3 sg. of scrincan.
scrapian to scrape, IM. [‘shrape’]
scrēad, scrēade f. ‘shred,’ cutting, scrap, WW.