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830 SCEÓTEND -- SCICCELS.

the weapon is the subject :-- Ðá ðone ilcan welegan mon se stræ-acute;l sceát, ðæt hé sóna deád wæs, Blickl. Homl. 199, 23. III. to shoot, make an object move rapidly, push (cf. to shoot a bolt) :-- Ðonne man ða sulh forþ drífe, and ða forman furh on sceóte, Lchdm. i. 404, 2. Belúcaþ ða æ-acute;renan gatu and tóforan on sceótaþ ða ýsenan scyttelsas, Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 15. Hé lét dragan up ðæne deádan Harald and hine on fen sceótan, Chr. 1040; Erl. 166, 24. III a. to give a person help in escaping (cf. Icel. skjóta einum brott, undan to let a person escape) :-- Gyf hine man teó ðæt hé hine (the criminal) út sceóte, L. Edg. H. 6; Th. i. 260, 9. IV. to shoot, move rapidly, dart, run, plunge, rush, (a) of living things :-- Swá swá déþ se ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépþ hé hwæ-acute;r se weall unhéhst sý, and ðæ-acute;r ofer scýt, Homl. Th. i. 484, 11. Hé scét innan sæ-acute; misit se in mare, Jn. Skt. 21, 7. Hé unscrýdde hine sylfne and scæ-acute;t into ðam mere, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 211. Án culfre scæ-acute;t (sceát, MS. V.) of ðam fýre into ðære eá, 3, 73. Hi ánmódlíce him tó scuton they ran upon him with one accord (Acts vii. 57), Homl. Th. i. 46, 34: 404, 4: ii. 496, 19. Seó dene wæs áfylled mid manna sáwlum ða scuton of ðam fýre into ðam cyle (utrumque latus erat animabus hominum plenum, quae vicissim hinc inde videbantur quasi tempestatis impetu jactari, Bd. 5, 12), 350, 10. Gif ðú Godes sunu sý, sceót ádún (mitte te deorsum, Mt. 4, 6) ... Ðæt wæ-acute;re swíðe gilplíc dæ-acute;d, gif Grist scute ðá ádún, i. 170, 1, 21. (b) of inanimate things :-- On ða burnan ðe of ðam munt scýtt in torrentem, qui de monte descendit, Deut. 9, 21. Ðæ-acute;r sciét se Wendelsæ-acute; up of ðæm gársecge Tyrrheni maris faucibus oceani aestus immittitur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 25. Scýt, Swt. 8, 32. Seó eá scýt út on ðone gársecg, Swt. 14, 14. Ðæ-acute;r ocærburna útt scýt on sæ-acute;, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 175, 31: 424, 4. Seó lacu út scyt, 422, 14, 26. Ðonne ða wolcnan sceótaþ betweón hyre (the sun) and ðé, Shrn. 201, 25. Him on gafol forlét feówer wellan scíre sceótan, Exon. Th. 420, 1; Rä. 39, 4. (c) of speech :-- Hé ðæs geanwyrde wes ætforan eallum ðám mannum ðe ðæ-acute;r gegaderode wæ-acute;ron, ðeáh him ðæt word of scute his unnþances though the remark burst from him involuntarily, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 6. V. to run (of a road, etc.) :-- On ðam wege ðe scýtt tó ðam pytte per viam, quae ducit ad puteum, Gen. 24, 62. Tó ðere fyrh ðe scýt súþrihte tó ðære miclan stræ-acute;t ... Óþ ðone weg ðe scýt tó fealuwes leá ... tó ðam wege ðe scýt tó ðam hricgge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 422, 4-19, 20, 25. Óþ ðæt se weall eást sciát, ii. 86, 20. VI. to refer a case to a person or court :-- Ðus wrát Hieronimus. Gif hwá elles secge, wé sceótaþ tó him, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 19. Ðá nolde he, bútan hit man sceóte tó scíregemóte, Chart. Th. 288, 19. Gif preóst dóm tó læ-acute;wedum sceóte, ðe hé tó gehádedum scolde, L. N. P. L. 5; Th. ii. 290, 22. Wé læ-acute;raþ, ðæt nán sacu ðe betweox preóstan sí ne beó gescoten tó woruldmanna sóme, ac séman heora ágene geféran, oððe sceótan tó ðam biscope, L. Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 5: L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 36. Se engel andwyrde: Uton sceótan tó Godes dóme, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 33. VII. to advance money, contribute, pay (cf. scot) :-- Hé forgeaf Middel-Sexon ðæt feoh ðæt hé heom fore sceát, Chart. Th. 551, 12. Sceóte æ-acute;lc gegylda æ-acute;nne gyldsester fulne clæ-acute;nes hwæ-acute;tes, 606, 6. Sceóte man ælmessan, Wulfst. 170, 18. Sceóte man æt æ-acute;ghwilcre híde pænig oððe pæniges weorð, 181, 4. Wé cwæ-acute;don ðæt úre æ-acute;lc scute .iiii. pæng tó úre gemæ-acute;ne þearfe ... and forgyldon ðæt yrfe ðe syððan genumen wæ-acute;re ðe wé ðæt feoh scuton, L. Ath. V. 2; Th. i. 230, 15-17. VIII. to shoot (of sharp pain) :-- Wið sceótendum wenne, Lchdm. ii. 324, 25: iii. 30, 3. [O. Frs. skiata to shoot: O. H. Ger. sciozan jaculari, sagittare, ferire: Icel. skjóta to shoot with a weapon (dat.); to push quickly; to refer a case to (til) another; to pay.] v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, of-, óþ-, þurh-, un-, under-sceótan; scotian.

sceótend, es; m. One who shoots, a warrior :-- Sceótend wæ-acute;ron gúþe gegremede, Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305: Beo. Th. 1411; B. 703: Met. 1, 11. Sceótend sendaþ flángeweorc, Exon. Th. 42, 20; Cri. 675. Hlyn scylda and sceafta, sceótendra fyll, Cd. Th. 124, 14; Gen. 2062. Ofer sceótendum, 184, 24; Exod. 112: 129, 14; Gen. 2143.

sceoþa, sceó-þwang, sceotian, Sceottas, sceotung, sceóung, sceó-wyrhta. v. sceaþa, scóh-þwang, scotian, Scottas, scotung, scóung, scóh-wyrhta.

scép, scepen, sceppan, scer, scér. v. sceáp, scypen, scippan, scear, sceár.

sceran, sciran, sceoran; p. scær, scear; pl. scæ-acute;ron, sceáron; pp. scoren. I. to cut, shear :-- Ðonne sweord swín ofer helme scireþ, Beo. Th. 3579; B. 1287. Hæleþ higerófe linde heówon, scildburh scæ-acute;ron, Judth. Thw. 26, 2; Jud. 305. Læ-acute;taþ íren ecgheard ealdorgeard sceoran, Andr. Kmbl. 2364; An. 1183. Ðæt hi hlípen unwillende on ðæt scorene clif unþeáwa quia per multa etiam, quae non appetunt, iniquitatum abrupta rapiuntur. Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 8. Scearde scúrbeorge, scorene, gedrorene, Exon. Th. 476, 10; Ruin. 5. Scorenum rassis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 77. II. to shave hair :-- Ic scere tondeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 9: rado, 28, 4; Som. 31, 24. Æ-acute;ghwá mín heáfod scireþ, Exon. Th. 482, 6; Rä. 66, 3. Ne hé his loccas mid sceárum wanode, ne his beard mid seaxe scear, Shrn. 93, 9. Ne gé eów ne efesion ne beard ne sciron neque in rotundum attondebitis comam, nec radetis barbam, Lev. 19, 27. Ne eówre hæ-acute;r ne sciron nec facietes calvitium super mortuos, Deut. 14, 1. Suíðe ryhte wæs ðæm sacerde forboden ðæt hé his heáfod sceáre (caput radere), Past. 18, 7; Swt. 139, 25. Heáfdu scieran mid scierseaxum caput radere, Swt. 139, 12. Se ylca preóst com tó Gúðláce, ðæt hé hine wolde scyran, Guthl. 7; Gdwin. 44, 20. Tó scearanne (beard) ad tondendum, Rtl. 97, 16. III. to cut the hair of the head :-- Heó scear hyre feax swá swá weras, and gegyrede hý mid weres hrægle, Shrn. 133, 13. IV. to shear sheep :-- Hí sculan waxan sceáp and sciran on hiora ágenre hwíle they shall wash and shear sheep in their own time, Chart. Th. 145, 13. Sceáp scyran, Anglia ix. 261, 10. Hé fór scép tó sciranne ad tondendas oves, Gen. 38, 13. [O. Frs. skera: O. H. Ger. sceran tondere: Icel. skera to cut.] v. á-, be-, ge-sceran.

scerden, scerian. v. scirden, scirian.

scericge, an; f. An actress :-- S&c-tilde;a Pilagia wæs æ-acute;ryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger. scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11.

scern, scerpan. v. scearn, scirpan.

scerran (?) (to harness an animal to something [ :-- Se yrþlingc unscenþ (-scerþ ?) ða oxan arator disjungit boves, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 27. Cf. Ger. an-, aus-schirren to harness, un-harness.]

scerwen, scerpen (?) a scattering (?), sharing (?), giving (?) (cf. be-scerwan to deprive) :-- Denum eallum wearð cénra gehwylcum eorlum ealuscerwen there was a fine feast for all the Danes (?) (the reference is to the disturbance caused by the fight between Beowulf and Grendel), Beo. Th. 1542; B. 769. Myclade mereflód meoduscerwen (scerpen, MSS.) wearð æfter symbeldæge the flood increased; a fine feast was there after the banquet (the reference is to the flood which eame from the stone pillar, and swept away some of the Mermedonians. Cf. Ðæt wæs biter beórþegu: byrlas ne gæ-acute;ldon ... ðæ-acute;r wæs æ-acute;lcum genóg drync sóna gearu, 3063-3069; An. 1534-1537), Andr. Kmbl. 3051; An. 1528. v. Grmm. A. and E. pp. xxxvi, 133, and note to Wülcker's ed. of Grein.

scéte, scéþ, sceþ-dæ-acute;d, sceþeness. v. scíte, sceáþ, sceaþ-dæ-acute;d, sceaþenness.

sceþness, e; f. Hurt, harm :-- Hé eft férde bútan sceþnysse æ-acute;niges sáres, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 27.

sceþþan; p. sceþede To scathe, hurt, harm, injure (a) with dat. :-- Ic næ-acute;ngum sceþþe, Exon. Th. 407, 9; Rä. 26, 2. Næ-acute;fre him deáþ sceþeþ, 203, 23; Ph. 88. Ðonne þunorrád biþ, ne sceþeþ ðam men ðe ðone stán (agate) mid him hæfþ, Lchdm. ii. 296, 30: 162, 19. Ne sceþ ðé nán wiht, iii. 178, 25. Eów seó wergþu sceþþeþ scyldfullum, Elen. Kmbl. 619; El. 310. Ús seó wyrd scyþeþ, Andr. Kmbl. 3121; An. 1563. Næ-acute;nig geweald deáþes him sceþþaþ leti nil jura nocebunt, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 21. Ðás þing sceþþaþ ðam eágum, Lchdm. ii. 26, 21. Him ðæt ne sceþede, Shrn. 84, 29: 131, 1: Beo. Th. 3033; B. 1514: Blickl. Homl. 161, 32: 169, 6. Ða sæ-acute;deór hyre ne sceþedon, Shrn. 133, 11. Hú ðú sóðfæstum swíðast sceþþe, 263, 14; Jul. 349. Ðý læs him gielp sceþþe, Exon. Th. 43, 6; Cri. 684: 299, 11; Crä. 100. Ðam mon sceal sellan ða mettas ða ðe wambe nearwian and ðam magan ne sceþþan, Lchdm. ii. 278, 18. Ðý læs hí him and his freóndum sceþeden ne sibi suisque nocerent, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 35. Se líg ne mæg ná sceþþan ðisse fæ-acute;mnan, Shrn. 130, 32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 15: 221, 17: Ps. Surt. 104, 14: Cd. Th. 273, 33; Sat. 146. Scyþþan, Andr. Kmbl. 2096; An. 1049. Ðæt Scottas him nóht sceþþende ne áfuhton, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 25. (b) with acc. :-- Se lég ða stuþo sceþþan ne meahte flamma destinam laedere nullatenus sinebatur, 3, 17; S. 544, 33. Ne mæg him bryne sceþþan wlitigne wuldorhoman, Exon. Th. 196, 23; Az. 178. (c) without a case :-- Ic sceþþu nocebo, Ps. Surt. 88, 34. Regnþeóf ne læ-acute;t on sceade sceþþan, Exon. Th. 453, 15; Hy. 4, 15: Beo. Th. 492; B. 243. Sceþþende nocens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 12. Seó scæþþende wæ-acute;ta, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 1. Ðú hýrdes sceþþendum sceaþan, Exon. Th. 85, 24; Cri. 1396. [Icel. skeðja; p. skaddi.] v. ge-sceþþan; sceaþan, sceaþian.

sceþþend, es; m. One who harms, a foe, adversary :-- His áras ús gescildaþ wið sceþþendra earhfarum, Exon. 47, 27; Cri. 761: 126, 23; Gú. 375. Sceþþendum adversaris, Rtl. 113, 40.

sceþþig, scæþþig; adj. Hurtful, noxious :-- Scyldig oððe scæððig (sceaþþig, MS. U.) sons, Ælfe. Gr. 9, 29; Zup. 63, 15. v. un-sceþþig.

sceppigness. v. un-sceþþigness.

sceþþ[u], e; f. Hurt, injury :-- Wið fótswylum and sceþþum (scæþþum, MS. H. B.), Lchdm. i. 342, 18. v. sceaþa.

sceþwræc; adj. Hurtful, noxious, hostile :-- Ðæm (St. John) ne sceþede næ-acute;nig scyld ðisse sceþwracan worlde, Blickl. Homl. 161, 33.

sceucca. v. scucca.

scía, an; m. The shin; crus :-- Scía crus, Txts. 54, 299. Scíu (scía, scíæ, Rush.) crura, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 31-33.

sciccels, sciccel, es; m. A cloak, mantle :-- Scicilse melote, mantile, veste, Hpt. Gl. 440, 72. Hé hine unscrídde ðam healfan scicelse ðe hé on hæfde, Th. Ap. 12, 22. Hé wæs mid horhgum scicelse bewæ-acute;fed, 13, 26. Hí scrýddon hyne mid weolcenreádum scyccelse (clamys), Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28, 31. Geteáh his seax and genam his sciccels ðe hé him on hæfde, tósnáð hine on twá, Blickl. Homl. 215, 6. Ðá tócearf hé his scyccel on