Old English Dictionary Entry

Sceolh

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

Definitions

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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.).]

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛇᛚᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

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Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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