Á-sceafan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-scafan

á-sceafan

to shave off:--Ádelf niþeweardne sláhðorn, áscaf þá ýtemestan rinde, Lch. ii. 92, 30. Sceafoþan of felle áscafen mid pumice, 100, 14. Áscæfen obrasum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 77. [O. H. Ger. arscaban eradere.] a-sceafan