Scinna

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - scinna

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

scinna
m. An evil spirit, spectre:--Blace hworfon scinnan (the fallen angels) forscepene, sceaþan hwearfdon geond ðæt atole scref (hell), Cd. Th. 269, 12; Sat. 72. Ðæt hié leóda landgeweorc láþum beweredon scuccum and scinnum, Beo. Th. 1882; B. 939.

Related words: scín. scinna

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