Old English Dictionary Entry

Scear-seax

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 scear-seax

n. A razor:--Scearsex rasorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 21. Scersaex novacula, Ps. Surt. 51, 4. Scirseax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 17. Scyrseax, 60, 44: culter, 15, 58. Scyrseax scearp machera acuta, Blickl. Gl. Ða sacerdas ne sceoldon nó hiera heáfdu scieran mid scearseaxum (scier-, Cott. MS.) sacerdotes caput suum non radent, Past. 18, 7; Swt. 138, 14. [O. L. Ger. scar-, scer-sahs novacula: O. H. Ger. scar-, scher-sahs novacula, rasorium: cf. Icel. skar-öx a carpenter's adze.] scear-seax

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛠᚱ-ᛋᛠᚳᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
L.: Latin
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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