Old English Dictionary Entry

For-sceóppan

Related words: for-sceppan. for-sceoppan

Definitions

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1 for-sceóppan

p. -scóp, pl. -scópon; pp. -sceápen To re-create, transform, deform; transformāre :-- Sume, hí sǽdon, ðæt hió [Circe] sceolde forsceóppan to león some, they said, she [Circe] should transform to a lioness, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33.

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᛋᚳᛖᚩᛈᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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