±scrēadian to ‘shred,’ peel, prune, cut off, Æ.
scrēadung (ā) f. shred, cutting, fragment, MtL: pruning, trimming, WW. [‘shredding’]
scrēadungīsen n. pruning-knife, WW. [v. ‘shredding’]
screaf = scræf
scrēawa m. ‘shrew’ (mouse), Gl.
screb = scræb
scrēc = scrīc
scref = scræf
scremman to cause to stumble, Æ.
±screncan to cause to stumble, ensnare, deceive, CP, Ps: (+) cause to shrink or shrivel, MtL 136. [‘shrench’]
+scrence withered, dry, LkL 68.
+screncednes f. tripping up, CVPs 4010.
screodu v. scrid.
+scrēope = +scrēpe
screopu = screpu
screpan5 to scrape, scratch, Lcd, MkR. [‘screpe’]
scrēpan to become dry, withered, MkR 918.
±scrēpe (ǣ, ēo) suitable, adapted, fit. adv. -līce.
+scrēpnes (oe) f. convenience, Cp 568.
screpu (eo) f. strigil, curry-comb, Gl.
scrēwa = scrēawa
scrīc (ē, ū) shrike, missel-thrush? Gl.
scrid I. n. nap. screodu vehicle, chariot, litter.
II. quick, fleet, An 496.
scrīdan = scrȳdan
scridwǣn m. chariot: curule chair.
scridwīsa m. charioteer, WW 15014.
+scrif n. judgement, edict, WW.
±scrīfan1 prescribe, ordain, allot, assign, impose (punishment), LL; Æ: hear confession, ‘shrive,’ LL: have regard to, be troubled about, care for, CP.
scrifen ptc? painted? Rim 13.
scrift m. prescribed penalty or penance, LL: absolution, LL: confessor, CP, Cr; Æ: judge. tō scrifte gān to go to confession, W. [‘shrift’]
scriftbōc f. book of penances.
scriftscīr f. confessor’s area of jurisdiction: diocese, LL 164[26].
scriftsprǣe f. confession, LL.
scrimman3 to shrink, contract, Lcd 2b. [‘shrim’]
scrīn (ȳ) n. chest, coffer, ark, Æ, Jn: ‘shrine,’ Æ: cage (for criminals). [L. scrinium]
±scrincan3 to ‘shrink,’ contract, shrivel up, wither, pine away, Æ, AO, Lcd.
scrind f. swift course? PPs 10324.
scringan = scrincan
-scripel (y) v. ear-s.
scrīpen, scrīpende ‘austerus,’ LkLR 1921.
scripeð (Cp) pres. 3 sg. of screpan.
scripp m? scrip, bag, ÆH 1·394.
scritta m. hermaphrodite, WW.
scrið (v. OEG 2185) = scrid I.
scrīðan1 to go, move, glide, B, Gu. [‘scrithe’; Ger. schreiten]
scriðe m. course, Met 2811.
-scrīðol v. wīd-s.
scrofel n? scrofula, Lcd 182a.
scrūc = scrīc
scrūd n., ds. scrȳd clothing, dress: garment, vestment, Æ, WW. [‘shroud’]
scrūdelshūs n. sacristy, vestry, ANS 8415. [scrȳdan]
scrūdfeoh n. money for buying clothes, NC 320.
scrūdfultum m. grant towards providing clothes, Ct.
scrūdland n. land bequeathed as provision for clothing, Ct.
scrūdnian = scrūtnian
scrūdwaru f. garb, LL.
scruncon pret. pl. of scrincan.
scrūtnian (ūd) to examine, scrutinize, consider, Æ.
scrūtnung (ūd) f. search, investigation, Lcd, ERPs.
scrybb f. scrub, brushwood, TC 52522.
scrȳd v. scrūd.
±scrȳdan to clothe, dress, Æ (ī), Bl, Lk, Mt. [‘shride’]
scryft = scrift
scrynce withered, JnL 53.
scua m. shadow, shade, darkness: protection.
scucca m. sprite, evil spirit, demon, B, Bo, Mt (eo): the devil. [‘shuck’]
scuccen (eo) devilish, NC 319.
scuccgyld (eu1) n. idol, PPs 10526.
scūdan2 to run, hurry? Gu 828.
scūfan2 (ēo) to ‘shove,’ thrust, push, Æ, Ma, MH; Æ: push with violence, urge, impel, Met: push out, expel, deliver up: (†) display: (intr.) to move, go.
sculan anv. pres. 1 sing, sce(a)l(l), scal, pl. sculon (eo), pret. sc(e)olde, sc(e)alde to be obliged (‘shall,’ have to, must, must needs, am bound to, ought to), Æ, AO, Bo, CP: owe, Mt, Lk.
scul-dor m., nap. -dru, -dra, +scyl-dru, -dre ‘shoulder,’ Bl, Ep, Lcd.
sculdorhrægl n. cape, WW 32724.
sculdorwærc m. pain in the shoulders, Lcd.
sculdur = sculdor
sculthēta (WW) = scyldlǣta
±scunian to ‘shun,’ avoid, Guth: be afraid, DR: (tr.) abhor, TC.
scunung f. abomination, LHy 623 (? for on-s.).
scūr (ēo) m(f). ‘shower,’ storm, tempest, trouble, commotion, breeze, An (ēo), LkR, Ps; CP: storm of battle? shower of blows? Jud 79.
scūra † m. shower (of rain).
scūrbeorg f. roof, Ruin 5.
scūrboga m. rainbow, Gen 1540.
±scurf (eo) n. ‘scurf,’ BH: a skin-disease, Lcd.
scūrfān rainy, stormy, A 9·369; MF.
scurfede ptc. rough, scabby, Lcd.
scurfende ptc. scabby, Lcd.
scūrheard † made hard by blows (epithet of a sword).
scūrsceadu ‡ f. protection against storms.
scutel I. m. dish, platter, WW 28022. [‘scuttle’]
scuwa = scua
+scȳ npl. pair of shoes.
scȳan? scȳn? to suggest, persuade, prompt, incite, tempt.
scydd m. twist on a hillside? (Earle); alluvial ground? (BT), KC.
scȳde pret. 3 sg. of scēon and scȳan, scȳn.
scyfe (e, i) m. shove, pushing, precipitation, furtherance, instigation, CP. tō +sc. head-long.
scyfel, scyfele f. woman’s hood, head-dress, Gl.
scyftan = sciftan
+scȳgean to furnish with shoes, TC 61626.
scyhhan to shy (of a mule), ES 43·318.
scyhte † pret. of a vb. *scyccan? impelled, prompted, urged, Gen 898; Gu 98.
scyl I. sonorous, shrill, Rim 27. [‘shill’]
scylcen f. female servant, slave, concubine, ÆH 2·16233. [scealc]
±scyld I. (e) f. offence, fault, crime, guilt, sin, CP: obligation, liability, due, debt, CP. [sculan; Ger. schuld]
scyld- = scield-, scild-
+scyldan to accuse, LL 156[11].
scyldfrecu f. wicked craving, Gen 898.
scyldful sinful, guilty.
scyldgian to sin: (+) place in the position of a criminal, render liable to punishment.
scyldgung f. sum demanded as ‘wergeld,’ LL 156[11].
scyld-hata, -hete † m. enemy.
scyldian = (1) scyldgian; (2) scyldan
scyldig (e, i) (usu. w. g.) guilty, criminal, sinful, Æ, B; CP. ealdres sc. having forfeited his life: liable, responsible, in debt to, CP. [‘shildy’]
scyldigian = scyldgian
scyldignes f. guilt, DR.
scyld-lǣta [-hǣta? cp. sculthēta] m. bailiff, WW 23020.
scyldlēas guiltless, Lcd.
scyldo = scyld I.
scyldu = scyld I.
scyldung = (1) scildung; (2) scyldgung
scyldwīte n. fine for a crime of violence, LL 567[38].
scyldwreccende ptc. avenging sin, Cr 1161.
scyldwyrcende † evil-doing.
scylēagede = sceolhēgede
scylf m. crag, peak, Mdf: pinnacle, turret, tower, Æ.
-scylfan v. ā-s.
scylfe m. shelf: floor.
scylfig rocky, OEG (scylp-).
scylfisc = sciellfisc
scylfor = scilfor
scylfrung (i) f. shaking, swinging? Bl 9934; WW.
scylfð pres. 3 sg. of scelfan.
scylga = scealga
scylian (= ie) only in sc. of māle to pay off, discharge, Chr 1049. [‘shill’]
scyll = sciell
scyllan to resound, sound loudly, WW 21515. [‘shill’]
scylling = scilling
scyltumend m. helper, PPs 278.
scylun (N) = sculon pres. pl. of sculan.
scymrian = scimerian
scȳn v. scȳan.
scȳn- = scīn-
±scyndan I. (e) (tr., intr.) to hurry, hasten, drive forward, impel: incite, exhort, CP.
scyndel m. disreputable person? A 8·321.
scyndendlīce adv. hastily, WW.
+scyndnes = +sceandnes
scȳne = scīene
+scynian to shun, dread, DR 325.
scynn n. skin, fur, Chr 1075d. [ON.]
scyp I. m. patch, v. ES 43·316.
scypian to take shape, Lcd 3·14615.
scypp- = sciepp-
scyr- = scear-, scier-, scir-
±scyrdan (ie) to harm, injure, destroy. [sceard]
+scȳrdan = +scrydran
scyrf = scurf
scyrft scarifying? scraping? Cp 130s.
scyrfð pres. 3 sg. of sceorfan.
scȳrmǣlum adv. stormily, Bo 4725. [scūr]
scyrp- = scierp-
±scyrtan tr. to shorten: intr. run short, decrease, fail. [sceort]
scyrte f. skirt, GPH 393. [‘shirt’]
scyrting f. shortening, abstract, epitome, Æ.
scyte (ē) m. shooting, hurling, AO: stroke, blow, ZDA: dart. [‘shute’; scēotan]
scȳte f. ‘sheet,’ linen cloth, BH, Cp, Mk. [scēat]
scytefinger m. forefinger.
scyte-heald, -healden inclined, sloping, precipitous, Gl.
scytel I. (u) m. dart, arrow, Erf, Ps: tongue of a balance. [‘shuttle’]
scytelfinger = scytefinger
scytels = scyttel
scyterǣs m. headlong rush, WW 4267.
scytere m. shooter, Ct.
scytheald = scyteheald
scytta m. shooter, archer, Æ, AO.
scyttan (usu. for-sc.) to bolt, ‘shut’ to, Æ: discharge, pay off.
scyttel, scyttels (e, i) m. bolt, bar, Æ, Bl, ZDA (e). [‘shuttle’; scēotan]
Scyttisc I. Scotch, Irish.
II. Irish or Scotch language. [Scottas]
scyððan = sceððan
sē m., sēo f., ðæt n. pers. (dem.) pron. he, she, it, that, this: rel. pron. who, which: def art. ‘the.’
sēad (NG) = sēod
sēada = sēaða
seafian (NG) = seofian
seaht = seht I.
seal = sealh
±sealdnes f. act of giving, WW 38935: grant, gift, Ct.
sealf (a) f. ‘salve,’ ointment, unguent, medicament, Lcd, Mk; CP.
sealfbox (e) m. salve-box, G, Bk.
sealfcynn n. an unguent, WW 35130.
sealfe = sealf
sealfer- = seolfer-, seolfor-
±sealfian to ‘salve,’ anoint, WW.
sealfie = salfie
sealf-lǣcnung, -lǣcung (WW 11416) f. curing by unguents, pharmacy.
sealh (a) m., gs. sēales willow, Lcd, Ps; Mdf. [‘sallow’]
sealhrind f. willow-bark, Lcd.
seallan = sellan
sealm (a, eo) m. ‘psalm,’ song, RB, Ps; Æ, CP.
sealma (e) m. bed, couch.
sealmcwide m. psalm, LPs 975.
sealmfæt n. only in phr. ‘on sealmfatum,’ ‘in vasis psalmorum,’ PPs 7020.
sealmgetæl n. number of psalms, RB.
sealm-glīg, -glīw n. psaltery, psalmody, LRPs.
sealmian to play an accompaniment on the harp, Ps 1071. [‘psalm’]
sealmlēoð n. psalm, BlPs 569.
sealmlof n. psalm, LPs.
sealmlofian to sing psalms, LPs 1042.
sealmsang m. psalm: composition or singing of psalms, Æ: psaltery, CPs 322.
sealmscop (eo2) m. psalmist, Æ, CP.
sealmtraht m. exposition of psalms, Æ.
sealmwyrhta m. psalmist, Æ. [‘psalm-wright’]
sealobrūn = salubrūn
sealt I. n. ‘salt,’ Lcd, Mt (a); CP.
II. adj. salt, briny, Cr; AO, CP. [v. Mdf]
sealtan7 to ‘salt,’ IM.
sealtbrōc (a) m. brook running from salt-works? KC 3·20630.
sealtere I. m. ‘salter,’ salt-worker, WW; Æ.
sealtern n. salt-works, BC. [‘saltern’]
sealtfæt n. salt-cellar, A, WW. [‘saltfat’]
sealthālgung f. consecration of salt, OET 587 (a1).
sealtherpað (a) m. road to salt works, KC 3·20626.
sealthūs n. ‘salt-house,’ WW.
sealtian to dance. [L. saltare]
sealticge f. dancer, MH 15614.
sealting f. dancing, NC 320.
sealtlēaf n. ‘mozicia,’ a plant? WW.
sealtmere m. brackish pond, EC 44930.
sealtnes f. ‘saltness,’ VPs (a).
sealtsæleða m. saltness, LPs 10634; RPs (y).
sealtsēað m. saline spring, BH 2622.
sealtstān m. rock salt, Lcd 1·37414: pillar of salt, Gen; Æ. [‘saltstone’]
sealtstrǣt f. road to salt-works, Ct.
sealtwīc n. a place where salt is sold, KC.
sealtwylle f. salt spring, KC (a). [‘saltwell’]
sealtȳð † f. salt wave, sea-wave.
sēam I. m. burden, load, Æ, LkL, LkR (ēo): bag: harness of a beast of burden, Æ: duty of furnishing beasts of burden. [‘seam’]
II. m. ‘seam,’ suture, junction, Æ, WW.
sēamere I. m. beast of burden, mule, WW. [L. sagmarius]
sēamestre f. sempstress, (also of males) sewer, tailor, Æ, KC, WW. [‘seamster’]
sēamhors n. pack-horse, WW 11942.
sēampending m. toll of a penny a load, KC.
sēamsadol m. pack-saddle, WW 11941.
sēamsticca m. an appliance used in weaving, LL 455[15,1].
sēar dry, ‘sere,’ barren, GPH 40269.
seara-, seare- = searo-
sēargian = sārgian
sēarian to become sere, wither, Shr. [‘sear’]
searo (searu) n. art, skill, cleverness, cunning: device, trick, snare, ambuscade, plot, treachery, Æ, AO, CP: work of art, cunning device, engine (of war): armour, war-gear, trappings.
searobend m. artistic clasp, B 2086.
searobunden cunningly fastened, Rd 564.
searocǣg f. insidious key, Gu 1118.
searocēap n. artistic object, Rd 337.
searocēne very bold, †CPs 10.
searocræft m. artifice, treachery, wile, Æ: artistic skill, art: engine, instrument (of torture), Æ.
searocræftig skilful, cunning.
searofær n. artistic ship? Rim 65.
searofāh variegated, cunningly inlaid, B 1444.
searogemme = searogimm
searogimm m. curious gem.
searogrim fierce, formidable, B 594.
searohæbbend † m. warrior.
searohwīt brilliantly white, Rim 67.
searolic artistic, ingenious, cunning. adv. -līce.
searomete m. dainty, delicacy, NC 321.
searonet n. armour-net, corslet, B 406: ensnaring net, An 64; 945.
searonīð † m. cunning hostility, treachery, strife, battle.
searopīl m. artistic javelin, Rd 872.
searorūn f. mystery, Creat 15.
searosǣled cleverly bound, Rd 2416.
searoðanc m. sagacity, ingenuity, skill, CP: cunning, artifice.
searoðancol shrewd, wise.
searowrenc (y1, a2) m. artifice, trick, AO.
searowundor n. strange object, B 920.
searw- v. searo.
searwian (æ) to be deceitful, dissimulate, cheat.
searwum (dp. of searo) skilfully.
seatul, seatl (NG) = setl
sēað I. (ǣ) m. hole, pit, MkL; CP; Mdf: well, cistern, spring, fountain, lake, Mdf. [‘seath’; sēoðan]
sēaða m. heartburn? Lcd 21a.
sēaw m. sap, juice, moisture, Lcd. [‘sew’]
+sēaw succulent, Lcd 95b.
seax n. knife, hip-knife, short sword, dirk, dagger, Æ (e), B, Cp (æ); CP. [‘sax’]
seaxbenn (siex-) f. dagger-wound, B 2904.
Seaxe, Seaxan mpl. (gp. Seaxna) Saxons, AO.
Seaxland (e) n. England, Shr 164.
±sēcan I. to search for, ‘seek’ (‘i-seche’), inquire, ask for, look for, B, Bo, BH, Jul; Æ: strive after, long for, wish, desire, Jn; CP. s. on, tō look to for, expect from, CP: visit, go to, AO, B; Æ: approach, attain to, Bl, Ps: attack, pursue, B, Chr; AO: go, move, proceed, Æ.
secce (B 600) = sæcce, gs. of sacu.
secg I. m. (n) ‘sedge,’ reed, rush, flag, Gl, Lcd, WW; Mdf.
II. † f. sword.
III. † m. man, warrior, hero, B. [‘segge’]
IV. m. ocean, OET.
secga m. sayer, informant, LL 396[4].
±secgan (æ) to ‘say’ (‘i-seggen’), speak, inform, utter, tell, recite, Æ, Bl, G; AO, CP, Æ: signify, mean, Æ: attribute to: (+) avoid? LkL p 38. s. on accuse of, charge with, Æ.
secge f. speech, Cr 190.
secgend m. speaker, narrator, CP.
secggan = secgan
secggescere f. grasshopper, Cp 464.
secgihtig sedgy, WW 20027.
secglēac n. sedge-leek, rush-garlic, Lcd.
secgplega m. sword-play, battle, An 1355.
secgrōf brave? Ruin 27.
secgscara m. landrail, corncrake, WW 28711 and n.
sēcnes f. visiting, LkR 1944 (oe).
+sēdan to satisfy, PPs 1068. [sæd]
sēde = sægde pret. 3 sg. of secgan.
sedinglīne = stedinglīne
sefa (eo) m. mind, spirit, understanding, heart, †CP 910.
sēfer- = sȳfer-
sefian = seofian
sēfre = sȳfre
sēft comp. adv. more softly.
±sēfte soft, pleasant, comfortable, easy: gentle, mild: effeminate, luxurious.
sēftēadig prosperous, Seaf 56.
sēftlic luxurious, AS 383.
sēftnes f. rest, quietness, tranquillity, peace, Æ, AO.
segc- = secg-
segg = secg
segl I. mn. ‘sail,’ AO, Bo, MH; Æ: veil, curtain, Cr 1139: pillar of cloud, Ex.
±seg-lan, -lian (i) to ‘sail,’ AO: (+) equip with a sail.
seglbōsm m. bellying sail, Gl.
seglgerǣde n. sail-tackle, TC 54917.
seglgyrd mf. sail-yard, yard, cross-pole, Cp (e2), WW.
seglian = seglan
seglrād f. (sail-road), sea, B 1429.
seglrōd f. sail-rod, sail-yard. [v. ‘rood’]
seglung f. ‘sailing,’ BH.
segn mn. sign, mark, token, Gen: ensign, banner, BH. [‘senye’; L. signum]
segnberend m. warrior.
segnbora m. standard-bearer, Rd 4120.
segncyning m. king before whom a banner is borne (BT), Ex 172.
segne f. ‘seine,’ drag-net, Ex, JnL.
±segnian (ǣn) to make the sign of the cross, cross oneself, consecrate, bless, Æ, BH. [‘sain’]
segnung f. blessing, consecration.
sēgon = sāwon pret. pl. of sēon.
seh (VPs) = seoh imperat. of sēon.
seht I. mf. settlement, arrangement, agreement, KC: friendship, peace, BH (ea).
II. adj. reconciled, agreed, at peace, BC. [‘saught’]
±sehtian to conciliate, settle, LL. [‘saught’]
±sehtlian (a, æ) to reconcile, to come to an agreement, Chr.
±sehtnes f. agreement, reconciliation, peace, Æ. [‘saughtness’]
sēhð = sēcð pres. 3 sg. of sēcan.
±sehðe [= seh ðu] interj. behold!
seigl = segl
seign = segn
seim fat, EPs 626. [Late L. sagimen]
seista = siexta
sel sn. = sæl
sēl I. adj. comp. sēlra (Mt), sēlla (B), sȳlla, superl. sēlest (Lk), sēlost good, great, excellent, clever, skilful, AO: noble, honourable: fitting, fit, advisable: sound, healthy, happy, prosperous. [v. ‘sele’]
II. (ǣ) comp. adv. (also sēlor) superl. sēlost better, more effectually, rather, sooner, in preference, Æ, CP. [sǣl]
selcūð = seldcūð
seld † (æ) I. n. hall, palace, residence.
II. n. seat, throne, daïs, VPs. [‘seld’]
+selda † comrade, retainer.
seldan adv., comp. seldor, seldnor, superl. seldost ‘seldom,’ rarely, CP; Æ.
seldcūð unusual, rare, strange, novel, Bo; Æ: various, WW. [‘selcouth’]
seldcyme m. infrequent coming, Rd 114.
selde f. vestibule, WW 18399.
seldguma m. retainer? B 249.
seld-hwanne (CP), -hwænne (Æ) adv. seldom, rarely.
seldlic rare, strange, wondrous, B (syll-), Met (sell-): select, choice, excellent. adv. -līce, Æ. [‘selly’]
seldnor, seldor, seldost v. seldan.
seldon = seldan
seld-sīene (AO), -sȳnde (KC) rare, extraordinary, unfamiliar. [‘seldseen’]
seldun (CP), seldum (Sol) = seldan
sele m. hall, house, dwelling, prison. [Ger. saal]
+sele m. tabernacle, EPs 141.
seledrēam † m. hall-joy, festivity.
seleful n. hall-goblet, B 619.
selegesceot n. ‘tabernaculum,’ tent, lodging-place, nest, M. [Ger. geschoss]
selegyst m. hall-guest, B 1545.
selen (y) f. grant, gift: tribute, MkL p51: munificence, OEG. [sellan]
±selenes f. tradition: (+) giving, DR.
selerǣdend † m. hall ruler or possessor.
selerest f. bed in hall, B 690.
selescot = selegesceot
selesecg m. retainer, Wa 34.
selest pres. 2 sg., seleð pres. 3 sg. of sellan.
sēlest v. sēl.
seleðegn ‡ m. hall-thane, retainer, attendant.
seleweard m. hall-warden, B 667.
self I. (eo, i, y) pron. (str. and wk.) ‘self,’ AO, B, CP. mid him selfum by himself: own, B: adj. same, CP.
selfǣta (y) m. cannibal, An 175.
selfǣte f. a plant, wild oat? Lcd.