Sceolh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sceolh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: , sceol; Related words: next word. sceolh

Definitions

1 sceolh

adj. Oblique, wry: -- Of ðæm sceolan de scevo. Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 67 : 85, 10. Sceolan scevi, 91, 47. [O. H. Ger. scelan strabo, strabus, obliquus: Ger. scheel: Icel. skjálgr oblique, squinting. Cf. skelly to squint (Yorks.).]

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ᛋᚳᛇᛚᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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