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leód-sceaða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
leód-sceaða, an; m.
A harmer of men, a public enemy
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  • Láð leódsceaða

    [the serpent],

    • Cd. 43
    • ;
    • Th. 56, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 917
    • .
  • Æt ðam leódsceaðan hreddan

    to save from the devil,

    • Exon, 11 b
    • ;
    • Th. 17, 20
    • ;
    • Cri. 273
    • .
  • Ic ðam leódscaðan

    [Grendel]

    hondleán forgeald,

    • Beo. Th. 4193
    • ;
    • B. 2093.
  • Hearmcwide láðra leódsceaðena

    [the Mermedonians who abused St. Matthew],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 159
    • ;
    • An. 80.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. liud-skaðo (the devil).
]
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cf. folc-sceaða.
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  • leód-sceaða, n.