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848 SCYPPAN--SE.

stabula jumentorum), Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 9. Næ-acute;nig mann scypene his neátum ne timbreþ, l, l; S. 474, 32. Andlang díces on ðæs cinges scypena; of ðan scypenum on ðæt riscbed, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 62, 27. Scipena behweorfan, Anglia ix. 261, 18. [Schepyn boscar (-tar?), Wrt. Voc. i. 178, 10. Schyppune boster, 204. col. 2. The schepne brennyng with the blake smoke, Chauc. Kn. T. 1142.] Cf. scoppa.

scyppan, scyppend, scýr, scyran, scýran, scyrdan. v. scippan, scippend, scír, sceran, scíran, scirdan.

scyrfe-mús, e; f. A shrew-mouse:--Scirfemús sorex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 27. Cf. sceorfan.

scyrft a scraping (?); scansio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 78. Cf. sceorfan.

scyrian, scyriendlíc. v. scirian, sciriendlíc.

scýr-mæ-acute;lum; adv. Stormily:--Seó orsorhnes gæ-acute;þ scýrmæ-acute;lum swá ðæs windes þys prosperam fortunam videas ventosam, Bt. 20: Fox 72, 4. v. scúr.

scyrpan, scyr-seax. v. scirpan, scear-seax.

scyrtan; p. te To make short, to shorten:--Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9. v. ge-scyrtan; scortian.

scyrte (-a; m. ?), an; f. A short garment, skirt, kirtle:--Scyrtan pretexta, tunecan togae, Germ. 393, 143. [He ches stiue here to shurte and gret sac to curtle, O. E. Homl. ii. 139, 16. Arður warp an his rugge a ræf swiðe deore, ænne cheisil scurte & ænne pallene curtel, Laym. 23761. He broucte bred in his shirte or in his couel, Havel. 768. He yaf ofte his kertel and his sserte to þe poure, Ayenb. 191, 9. M. H. Ger. schurz: Ger. schurz an apron: Icel. skyrta a kind of kirtle.]

scyrting, e; f. A shortening, an abridgement:--Gif hwilc gelæ-acute;red man ðás race (the homily on Job) oferræ-acute;de, ðonne bidde ic ðæt hé ðás scyrtinge ne tæ-acute;le, Homl. Th. ii. 460, 6.

scyrtra, scyrtest, scyru, scýtan. v. scort, scearu, scítan.

scyte, es; m. I. shooting:--Hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran dæt hit weaxan ne sceolde ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte (ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur), Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 13. Dryhten dæ-acute;leþ sumum wyrp oððe scyte, Exon. Th. 331, 17; Vy. 69. II. a shot, blow:--Scytum ictibus, Hpt. Gl. 478, 76. III. what is shot or thrown, a javelin, dart:--Scytas iacula, Lchdm. i. lxix, 9. [He þene scute biberh, Laym. 1461. Mid scute of eien, A. R. 60, 16. Wið þe schute wite heo hire, 62, l. An carpenter that sset the ssute, R. Glouc. 537, 4. O. Frs. sket: O. H. Ger. scuz jactus.] v. on-, under-, út-, wæter-scyte.

scýte. v. scíte.

scyte-finger, es; m. The forefinger; digitus secundus quo sagittatur:--Scytefinger index vel salutaris, Wrt. Voc. i. 44. 5. Bécnend, scytefinger index, ii. 46, 35. Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sci&l-bar;&l-bar;., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1. In Ethelbert's Laws the fine is only eight shillings, L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 10. Scytefingres, Anglia viii. 326, 28. Euenmicel swá ðú mæ-acute;ge mid ðínan scitefingre tó ðínum þuman befón, Lchdm. iii. 6, 21. Mid scetefingre ðú gebécnest indice prodis, Hymn. Surt. 104, 5. [Cf. O. Frs. skot-finger.] v. scytel-finger.

scyte-heald, -healden; adj. I. bent so as to shoot downwards (cf. scyte-ræ-acute;s), sloping steeply:--Scyteheald preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 77. II. oblique, inclined:--Scytehald obliquum, 115, 13. Sió scytehealde onbégnes obliqua curvatura, 64, 24. Sió scythealde obliqua, 79, 1. Scytehealden, 62, 61.

scytel dung. v. scitel.

scytel a dart. v. scutel: a bolt, v. scyttel.

scytel-finger the arrow-finger, the forefinger:--Scytelfinger (scyte- ? v. scyte-finger) index, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 31.

scytels. v. scyttels.

scyte-ræ-acute;s, es; m. A headlong rush:--On scyteræ-acute;s oððe on fæ-acute;rfyll, unforesceáwadlíc in preceps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 43.

scytere, es; m. I. a shooter, an archer. v. scyteres (sciteres) clif, flóde, streám, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 330. [Icel. skytari a shooter.] II. one that moves swiftly (?):--Ad rivulum qui scitere dicitur, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 102, 29. Cf. scytta.

scytling. v. út-scytling.

scytta, an; m. A shooter, an archer:--Sagittarius ðæt is scytta, Lchdm. iii. 246, 2. Stræ-acute;lbora and scytta arcister, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 32. Ðá gebende án scytta his bogan, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 219. On scyttan fæn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 132, 22. On scyttan mere; ðæt on scyttan dúne, 381, 11. Wulfsiges módor scyttan, vi. 212, 5. Ðá gegaderade Regulus ealle ða scyttan ðe on ðæm færelte wæ-acute;ron, ðæt hié (the serpent) mon mid flánum ofercóme, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 5. Wæ-acute;ron on his fyrdinge twelf þúsenda scyttena, Homl. As. 104, 55. [Alle þe scutten, Laym. 27046. O. H. Ger. scuzzo sagittarius: Icel. skyti one who shoots or hurls.]

scyttan; p. te. I. to cause rapid movement, to shoot a bolt, to shut:--Ic scytte sum loc sero, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 2. II. to discharge a debt:--Ic wille ðæt man selle ðæt land et Fersafeld . . . and recna man iungere Brún án marc gol and mid ðan láue scytte man mína borgas (my loans shall be paid off), Chart. Th. 568, 19. [Schutteð þet þurl to, A. R. 96, 10. Ayenb. ssette: Piers P. shutte, shette: Wick. schitte: O. Frs. sketta to stop, close.] v. for-scyttan.

-scytte. v. riht-scytte.

scyttel, scytel, es; m. A bar, bolt:--Ealle ða ísenan scyttelas helle loca wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5: 85, 7: Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 24. Scyttelas vectes, Ps. Spl. 106, 16. Scetelas, Kent. Gl. 658. [A gardin besset myd tuo ssetteles, Ayenb. 94, 30. Schyttyl pessulum vel pessellum, Prompt. Parv. 447: ondoynge of schettellys apercio, 365.] v. scutel and next word.

scyttels, scytels, es; m. A bar, bolt:--Ða scytelses (scittelsas, MS. O.) tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348. Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas, Wulfst. 230, 31. Scytelsas seras, Ps. Spl. 147, 2. Scettelsas, Hymn. Surt. 122, 28. Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349. [Þet (the cross) is þet scutles þe ðe deofel ne mei nefre tocysan, O. E. Homl. i. 127, 35.] v. fore-scyttels, and preceding word.

Scyttisc; adj. Scottish, Scotch (v. Scottas):--Ðæ-acute;r læg secg mænig . . . guma norþerna . . . swilce Scittisc eác, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 19. Scyttisc gecost gealdor wið æ-acute;lcum áttre, Lchdm. ii. 10, 23. Scyttysces cynnes natione Scottus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 16. Gif hé hæfþ Scyttisc weax, Lchdm. ii. 114, 11: iii. 46, 17. Scittisc, ii. 156, 26. ¶ Of speech:--Sind on ðís íglande fíf geþeóde . . . Scyttisc, Chr. Erl. 3, 3. Se cyning Scyttysc (linguam Scottorum) geleornad hæfde, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 39. On ðam mynstre ðe on Scyttisc is nemned Rathmelsigi, 3, 27; S. 558, 35.

se, sió, Lchdm. ii. 260, l; m.: seó, ðeó, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13; se, Lchdm. ii. 228, 8; f.: ðæt; n. I. a demonstrative adjective, the, that. (l) marking an object as before-mentioned or already well-known (a) wilh substantives:--Se Hæ-acute;lend, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 13. Se steorra stód ofer ðæ-acute;r ðæt cild wæs, 2, 9. Wæs se engel sprecende tó úres Drihtnes méder, Blickl. Homl. 5, 2. Seó heofon biþ gefeallen æt ðæ-acute;m feówer endum middangeardes, 93, 4. Seó eorþe, Lchdm. iii. 254, 15. Seó sæ-acute; and se móna geþwæ-acute;rlæ-acute;caþ him betweónan, 268, 12. Seó lyft the air, 272, 20. On ðone gemánan ðæs brýdguman and ðære brýde, Blickl. Homl. 11, 5. Hé fægnode ðæs miclan weorces ðærre ceastre, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 15. Ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðæ-acute;m saglum, 22; Swt. 171, 12. Mid ðý selflíce se Déma biþ geniéded tó ðæm ierre, 4; Swt. 39, 10. Ðý þearlan dóme (by the severe sentence just mentioned) hé forleás his mennisce, Swt. 39, 23. Ðæt mæsten is gemæ-acute;ne tó ðám (those mentioned in the charter) án and twentigum hídum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 319, 29. On háte ða ahsan, Lchdm. ii. 32, 13. (b) with adjectives:--Se dumba spræc, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 33. Ðá æthrán hé ðæs blindan hand, Mk. Skt. 8, 23. (c) with numerals:--Ða þrý cómon, Cd. Th. 221, 24; Dan. 93. Ðína ágna treówa and seó godcunde lufu and se tóhopa, ða þreó ðé ne læ-acute;taþ geortréwan be ðam écan lífe, Bt. 10; Fox 32, 8. (d) with proper names:--Se Iohannes the same John (A. V.), Mt Kmbl. 3, 4. Se (the one in question) Cynewulf oft feaht wið Bretwalum . . . Hé wolde ádræfan ænne æþeling, se wæs Cyneheard háten, and se Cyneheard wæs ðæs (the one previously mentioned) Sigebryhtes bróður, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 24-28. Féng Carl tó ðam westríce . . . se Carl wæs Hlóþwíges sunu, se Hlóþwíg wæs Cailes bróður, se wæs luþyttan fæder, . . . and hié wæ-acute;ron Hlóþwíges suna. Se Hlóþwíg wæs ðæs aldan Carles sunu; se Carl wæs Pippenes sunu, 885; Erl. 84, 10-17. Seó Asia (Asia Minor), Ors. l, 1; Swt. 12, 11. Him losep gehealp. From ðæm losepe . . . , 1, 5; Swt. 32, 28. (2) marking an object which is further described (a) by an adjective:--Se heofonlíca cyning, Blickl. Homl. 5, 18. Mín se heofonlíca Fæder, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 35. Se earma upáhafena, Past. 26; Swt. 183, 13. Se dysega ungeþyldega, 33; Swt. 220, 9. Ðeó deáþberende uncyst, Blickl. Homl. 65, 13. Mid hire ðære yfelan sceónesse beswác ðone æ-acute;restan wífmon, 5, l. Ðone yfelan fæsðræ-acute;dan willan fulneáh nán wind ne mæg áwecgan, Past. 33; Swt. 225, 6. ¶ The weak declension usually occurs with the demonstrative, but in the following instances strong forms are found:--On ðam seócum men, Lchdm. ii. 282, 11. Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnun wæ-acute;tan, iii. 278, 23. Of ðam hátum bæðe, Homl. Th. i. 58, 29. Ða gleáwe sæ-acute;genga[n] hig understandaþ, Anglia viii. 327, 21. Ða anbestungne saglas, Past. 22; Swt. 171, 11. For ðære sceáwungge ðara ungesewenlícra þinga, 16; Swt. 99, 8. Ðara eádigra apostola, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 31. Orhlyte ðæra háligra mihta, Homl. Th. i. 346, 26. (b) by a pronoun:--Mon sceal suá manian ðæt se hiera folgoþ hine ne óþhebbe, Past. 28, 1; Swt. 189, 17. Ða míne sæ-acute;lþa and se mín weorðscipe, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 14-15. Æ-acute;nigne dæ-acute;l ðara ðínra gesæ-acute;lþa, 11, l; Fox 32, 26. (c) by a numeral:--Ðæt þridde gebed, Homl. i. 264, 16. Hyt eall áléd biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. l, l; Swt. 20, 32. Ðá áxode se cásere ðone ænne preóst, Homl. Th. ii. 310, 14. Ðis synt ðæra twelf Apostola naman, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 2. Hú mon scule blódlæ-acute;se on ðara six fífa æ-acute;lcum on mónþe forgán, Lchdm. ii. 146, 19: 148, 2. (d) by a genitive:--Ðá wæs gesended ðæt goldhord ðæs mægenþrymmes on ðone bend ðæs clæ-acute;nan innoþes, Blickl. Homl. 9, 28. Se emnihtes dæg, Lchdm. iii. 256, 26. Néh ðæm clife ðære Reádan Sæ-acute;s, Ors. l, l; Swt. 12, 19. Ða diógolnesse ðæs þriddan hefones, Past. 16; Swt. 99, 8. (e) by a phrase:--Ðara twentiges hída landgemæ-acute;ra tó