Scorian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - scorian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

scorian
p. ode To refuse, reject an offer, repudiate :--Ða ðe ne gelýfab þurh ágenne cyre hí scoriaþ ná þurh gewyrd those who do not believe refuse by their own choice, not by fate, Homl. Th. i. 114, 12. Ðá sceorede ðá gyt se yldesta hǽðengylda mid mycelre þwyrnysse the chief idolater still refused (Christianity) with much perversity, 72, 9. [Cf. O. L. Ger. scurgan avertere, expellere : O. H. Ger. scurgan trudere, impellere, propellere; fer-scurgan repellere.] and next word. scorian

Related words: wið-scorian

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