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Scearfian

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1 scearfian

p. ode To scrape, cut into shreds:--Genim ða ylcan wyrte, scearfa hý ðonne, and gníd swýðe smale tó duste, Lchdm. i. 70, 14: 80, 16: 344, 13 note. Scearfa smæle, ii. 322, 25. Scearfaþ succidite . . . gescearfa ðú succides, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7, 9. Scearfige ealle ðás rinda tógædere, Lchdm. iii. 14, 4. [O. H. Ger. scarbón concidere.] and next two words. scearfian
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ᛋᚳᛠᚱᚠᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
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