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sceafa
/ʃæəva /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
sceafa
, an; m. A plane :-- Sceaba runcina, Txts. 92, 853. Scafa olatrum. Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 11: ii. 64, 13. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, scafan, sage, Anglia ix. 263, 2. [Prompt. Parv. schave or schavynge knyfe scalpellum, scalprum: O. H. Ger. scaba plana, asperella: Ger. schabe: Du. schaaf a plane: Icel. skafa a scraper.] v. mǽlsceafa, sceafan.
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
sceaba
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sceafa
. Add :-- Scafa strigula, Angl. xx. 395, 28. [v. N. E. D. shave.]
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