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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scirpan

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1 scirpan

p. te. I. to sharpen, whet :-- Scyrpþ acuit, Engl. Stud. ix. 40. Hí hwetton (scyrptun, MS. C. ) tungan heora acuerunt linguam suam. Ps. Spl. 139, 3. Scerptun, Ps. Surt. 139, 4. II. metaph. to make active, arouse :-- Symle hé sceal his hýrmen scyrpan mid manunge tó hláfordes neóde and him eác leánian be ðam ðe hý earnian, Anglia ix. 260, 23.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛁᚱᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
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