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SCÍN -- SCÍN-LÆ-acute;CA. 833
fantasma. v. Grmm. D. M. 450, 867.] v. scinna and the compounds with scín-.
scín (?) brightness, shine. [O. Sax. (sunnon) skín: O. Frs. (sunna) skín: O. H. Ger. scín jubar: M. H. Ger. schín: Ger. schein: Icel. sól-, tungl-skin.] v. sun-scín.
scínan; p. scán, sceán To shine. I. lit.:-- Ic scíne splendeo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2 ; Som 28, 42. Sciénþ candescit, Past. 14, 6 ; Swt. 89, 1. Swá se lígræsc scíuþ (fulget). Lk. Skt. 17, 24 : Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29. Ðonne seó sunne on heofone beorhtost scíneþ, 9; Fox 26, 15. Scýneþ ðes móua, Fins. Th. 13; Fin. 7. Ða steorran scínaþ beforan ðam mónan, and ne scínaþ beforan ðære sunnan, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30. Scaan ardebat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 3. Scán, 7, 29. Se steorra (comet) scán iii. mónþas, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 4. His ansýn sceán (resplenduit) swá swá sunne, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 2: Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 13: Cd. Th. 185, 19; Exod. 125. Seó ród sceán swá heofenes tungol, Shrn. 149, 11. His ansýn eal sceán swá swá sunne, and his gewæ-acute;da scinon on snáwes hwítnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 7. Hwæ-acute;r is seó eorðe ðe næ-acute; fre sunne on ne sceán? In ðære reádan sæ-acute;, Salm. Kmbl. 198, 14. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466. Eoforlíc scionon, Beo. Th. 612; B. 303. Án cyn ys olocryseis, ðæt is on úre geþeóde gecweden, ðæt heó eall golde scíne, Lchdm. i. 242, 13. Hig scínon (luceant) on ðære heofenan fæstnysse, Gen. 1, 15. Sunnan leóma cymeþ scýnan, Exon. Th. 56, 18; Cri. 902. Scínende refulgens, Lk. Skt. 9, 29. Beorhtnes scínendes steorran fulgor stellae, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 5. Scínendes léges, 4, 13; S. 581, 15. Scínendum limpidis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 34. II. fig.:-- Ðonne scínaþ ða rihtwísan. Mt. Kmbl. 13, 43. Se nama se ðe mid him swá lange sceán and bryhte nomen quod apud eos tam diu claruerat, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 39: 3, 13; ' S. 538, 39. Seó stów on ðære ðe ðu ðæt fægereste weorud on geóguþhádnesse gesáwe scínan and wynsumian locus iste in quo pulcherrimam hanc juventutem jocundari ac fulgere conspicis, 5, 12; S. 630, 15. Ðæt mód swá beorhte ne mót blícan and scínan, Met. 22, 35: 81. 35, 1; Fox 156, 2. Ðæt ðú móste hálig scínan, eádig on ðam écan lífe, Exon. Th. 87, 19 ; Cri. 1427. On wordum and on dæ-acute;dum beorht and scínende verbo et actibus clarus. Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 4. On scínendre praepollenti. Hpt. Gl. 491, 1, [Goth. skeinan: O. Sax. skínan: O. Frs. skína: O. H. Ger. scínan: Icel. skína.] v. á-, be-, ge-, geond-, ofer-, ymb-scínan.
scin-bán, es; n. A skin, shin-bone:-- Scina vel scinbán tibiae, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 72: 71, 58. [A schynbone sura, 247, col. 2. Oc (cervus) leigeþ his skinbon on oðres lendbon, Misc. 12, 359. M. H. Ger. schine-bein: Ger. schien-bein: Du. sheen-been.]
scín-, scinn-cræft, es: m. I. the art by which deceptive appearances are produced, magic:-- Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde . . . scíncræft hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi . . . ars magica, L. Ecg. P. i, 8; Th. ii. 174, 34. Hié ne angeátan mid hwelcum scinncræfte and mid hwelcum lotwrence hit deófla dydon. Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 17. Hé behét ánum drýmen sceattes, gif hé mid his scýncræfte (scín-, MS. O. ) him ðæt mæ-acute;den mihte gemacian tó wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 365. Beó ic scyldig, gif ic his scýncræft ne mæg ádwæscan mid mínum drýcræfte, 14, 57. Hý wæ-acute;ron tó sáre beswicene þurh ðæs sweartan deófles scíncræft, Wulfst. 198, 18. II. a magic art or trick:-- Scíncræfte praestigia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 59. Wiccan beóþ tó helle bescofene for heora scín&dash-uncertain;cræftum, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 29. Hí mid mislícum scýncræfton ðæt folc dwelodon, 482, 4. Hé wolde ðære fæ-acute;mnan mód on his scíncræftum onwendan tó hæ-acute;ðendóme, Shrn. 135, I. Ðá cwæ-acute;don hí, ðæt hí scinn&dash-uncertain;cræftas ne cúþan, 90, 10. Se sceocca eów læ-acute;rþ ðyllíce scíncræftas, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 106. ¶ In the following the word is glossed as if it were scíncræftiga:-- Scíncræfta hierofhantorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 25: 82, 7: Hpt. Gl. 483, 7.
scín-cræftiga, an; m. A magician, sorcerer:-- Gif wiccan oððe wigleras, scíncræftigan oððe hórcwénan on earde wurðan ágitene, fýse hí man georne út of ðysan earde, L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 20.
scíne, sciéne, scéne, sceóne, scióne, scýne; adj. Beautiful, fair, bright:-- Is se forrynel fæger and sciéne, Met. 29, 25: Cd. Th. 41, 14; Gen. 656. Cwæð ðæt his líc wæ-acute;re leóht and scéne, 17, 26; Gen. 265. Wæsim wlitig and scéne, 30, 16; Gen. 467. Deór wundrum scýne (the panther), Exon. Th. 356, 30; Pa. 19. Is seó womb wundrum fæger, scír and scýne, 219, 16; Ph. 308. Mægþ scýne, Beo. Th. 6025; B. 3016. Se scýna stán, Andr. Kmbl. 1532 ; An. 767. On stede scýnum, Exon. Th. 70, 33; Cri. 1148. Ic ðé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, 85, 6; Cri. 1387. Hé forlæ-acute;rde idese sciéne, Cd. Th. 43, 34; Gen. 700. Hé geseah Euan stondan sceóne gesceapene, 35, 3 ; Gen. 549. Tó sceáwianne ðone scýnan wlite, Exon. Th. 57, 8; Cri. 915. Forhwon forléte ðú líf ðæt scýne, 90, 7; Cri. 1470. Sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Gimmas swá scýne, Exon. Th. 43, 27; Cri. 695: 219, 1; Ph. 300. Fuglas scýne, 237, 17; Ph. 591. Þurh ða scénan scínendan rícu ðæs Fæder per Patris fulgenti regna paratu, Dóm. L. 18, 294. Him wíf curon scýne and lægere, Cd. Th. 76, 5; Gen. 1252. Hyrsta scýne, Judth. Thw. 26, 9; Jud. 317. Hiwbeorhtra and scýnra. Exon. Th. 357, 10; Pa. 26. Wurdon ðín gesceapu scénran, Cd. Th. 32, 14; Gen. 503. Eue idesa sciénost, 51, 4; Gen. 821. Scénost, 39, 17; Gen. 626. Sceónost, 44, 5; Gen. 704. Engla scýnost, 22, 10; Gen. 338. [Feier and sceone (scene, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2299. Regan þ-bar; scone (scene, 2nd MS. ), 3098. A steorrne . . . brihht and shene, Orm. 3431. Scone and fa&yogh;&yogh;err, 15665. A þusent fold schenre þen þe sunne, A. R. 100, 4. Heo as schene as schininde sunne wende up aloft, Marh. 19, 14. Emelye hire yonge suster schene, Chauc. Kn. T. 114. Æfter sharpe shoures moste shene is þe sonne, Piers P. 18, 409. Goth skauns : O. Sax. skóni: O. Frs. skéne: O. L. Ger. scóni lucidus: O. H. Ger. scóni splendidus, splendens, formosus, venustus, pulcher, speciosus: Ger. schön.] v. ælf-sun-, þurh-, wlite-scíne.
scinefrian to glitter:-- And scínefrian ac micare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 33.
scínendlíc; adj. Clear, bright:-- Beorht &l-bar; scínendlíc &l-bar; leóht lucidum, Ps. Lamb. 18, 9. v. þurh-scínendlíc.
scínere, scinnere, es; m. One who produces deceptive appearances (v. scín), a magician:-- Scinneras emaones, Txts. 59, 746. Scíneras, scin&dash-uncertain;neras scienicis, 98, 952.
scín-feld; dat. a; m. The beautiful, Elysîan field, applied to Tempe:-- Hwæt synt ða twegen men on neorxna wange? Enoch and Helias. Hwæ-acute;r wuniaþ hý? Malifica and Intimphonis (in Ternpis?), ðæt is on sunfelda and on sceánfelda (sceón-?), Salm. Kmbl. 202, 2. On scénfeldum in Tempis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 16: 89, 72.
scín-gedwola, an; m. A delusion produced by magic, delusive appearance, phantom:-- Scíngedwolan nebulam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 30.
scín-gelác, es; n. A magical practice:-- Hí ongunnon secgan ðæt hit drýcræftum gedón wæ-acute;re scíngelácum ðæt se stán mæ-acute;lde they said that it was done by the sorcerer's arts, by magical practices, that the stone spoke, Andr. Kmbl. 1531 ; An. 767.
scín-, scinn-hiw, es; n, A form produced by magic, phantom, spectre:-- Scínhiw prestigium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 61: fantasma, ii. 33, 82. Scínlác vel [scín]hiw fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis, 147, 42. Réþlic scínhiw ferale monstrum, 147, 53: Hymn. Surt. 142, 12. Ne eom ic ná scinnhiw (phantasma), swá swá gé wénaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 26. Scínhiowes faniasiae, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 11. Scínhiwe[s] phan&dash-uncertain;tasmate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 5. Scínhiwe, 34, 1. Wiccecræftas, scínhiw prestigias, 66, 25.
scin-hosu, e; f. A shin-hose, a covering for the lower part of the leg, a greave:-- Scinhose ocreis. Hpt. Gl. 521, 5.
scín-lác, es; n. I. magic, necromancy, sorcery:-- Scýnláce necro-mantia, Hpt. Gl. 482, 74. Se mec gescyldeþ wið ðínum scínláce, Exon. Th. 255, 15; Jul. 214. Hí sæ-acute;don ðæt hió sceolde mid hire scínláce (cf. mid hire drýcræft. Bt. 38, 1 ; Fox 194, 30) beornas forbrédan and mid balocræftum weorpan on wildra líc, Met. 26, 74. Twegen drýas ða worhton micel scínlác mid twám dracum, Shrn. 131, 29. II. a particular act of magic, a sorcery, delusion produced by magic:-- Hí ðæt hæfdon gedón mid yflum scínlácum, Shrn. 90, 10 : 75, 18. Ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ, and mid ðæ-acute;m unwære men beswícaþ, and hí áweniaþ from Codes gemynde mid heora scínlácum, Blickl. Homl. 61, 25. Scíndlácum, Shrn. 141, 27. III. delusion, superstition, frenzy, rage:-- Scínlác fantasia, i. imaginatio, delusio mentis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 42. Ðætte gifearria from ðære stówe æ-acute;lc scínilác and ymbcerro diúbles fácnes ut discedat ab eo loco omnis fantasia vel versutia diabolicae fraudis, Rtl. 120, 33. Næs his scínlác ne his hergiung on ða fremdan áne ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde ða ðe him wæ-acute;ron mid farende nec minor ejus (Alexander) in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 130, 19. Mánfulles scínláces fanaticae superstitionis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 41: 509, 39. Scínlác[e] superstitione, 500, 70. Sume Rómána wíf on swelcum scínláce wurdon and on swelcum wódan dreáme incredibili rabie et amore scelerum Romanae matronae exarserunt, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 25. IV. a delusive appearance, a spectre, apparition, phantom:-- Hí cwæ-acute;don: Hyt ys scínlác dicentes: Quia phantasma est, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 26. Scínlác nebulo, Hpt. Gl. 501, 16. Scýnláce praestigia, 482, 74. Tó fleánne æ-acute;lc scínelác díuoles ad effugdndum omne fantasma diaboli, Rtl. 100, 33. Ðeós wyrt (GREEK) scíneþ on nihte swilce steorra on heofone, and se ðe hý nytende gesihþ, hé sægþ ðæt hé scínlác geseó, Lchdm. i. 164, 6. Scínlác monstra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 15: nebulones, Hpt. Gl. 501, 73. Wið deófulseócnysse and wið yfelre gesihþe, wulfes flæ-acute;sc gesoden. . . ða scínlác ðe him æ-acute;r ætýwdon ne geunstillaþ hý hine, Lchdm. i. 360, 13-16. Ðý læs cild sý hreósende, oððe scínlác méte, 350, 13. Ða ðe scínlác þrowien etan león flæ-acute;sc; ne þrowiaþ hý ofer ðæt æ-acute;nig scínlác, 364, 22. Scínláca praestigiarum. Hpt. Gl. 501, 68. Galdras praestigias, scínlác fantasias, 459, 16. Scínlácu gesihþ, gestreón of ungewéndum
hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 204, 18. [O. H. Ger. scín-leih monstrum.] V. Grmm. D. M. 450.
sín-læ-acute;ca, -láca, an; m. A magician, necromancer, sorcerer:-- Scín&dash-uncertain;læ-acute;can (-læ-acute;cean, -lécan) nebulonis, Txts. 81, 1372: nebulis (nebulonis?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 60: 79. 4. Ðæs leásan scínlæ-acute;can falsi nebulo, 147, 2. Sabastianus ongon hine (St. Victor) nédan tó deófolgelde; ðá hé ðæt ne geþafede, ðá hét hé sumne scínlæ-acute;can him sellan etan ðæt flæ-acute;sc ðæt wæs geæ-acute;ttred, Shrn. 84, 27. Hí gefetton Escolafius ðone scínlácan mid ðære ungemetlícan nædran ðe mon Epithaurus hét horrendum illum Epidaurium colubrum, cum ipso Aesculapii lapide advenerint, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140,