Scearpe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scearpe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Sharply, keenly.

Definitions

1 scearpe

ad I. literal:--Ða fugelas ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ syndon scearpe gebilode the birds that live on flesh are sharp-billed, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 19. II. referring to seeing, observing:--Scearpe gesceáwian, Ps. Th. 93, 9. Se ðe ealra scearpost lócianne mæg, Shrn. 187, 1. scearpe

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛠᚱᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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