Ge-sceran

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-sceran

Substitute: I. to shear. (l) to cut the hair off the head :-- Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað, Lch. iii. 200, 21. Gesce(o)rene rasam, An. Ox. 56, 12. (2) to cut the wool off sheep :-- Sceáp gesihð gescorene hýnðe getácnað, Lch. iii. 208, 26. II. to cut through. (l) of a person's action :-- Hé him on heáfde helm gescer, þæt hé blóde fáh búgan sceolde, B. 2973. (2) of the operation of a weapon :-- Seó ecg geswác þeódne æt þearfe; þolode ǽr fela handgemóta, helm oft gescær, B. 1526. (O.H.Ger. ge-sceran radere, resecare.) ge-sceran