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sceáp

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sceáp, scép, scíp, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §51; §124; §172; §188; §291; §312; §343;
A sheep
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  • Scép

    ovis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 54.
  • Ðæt dysige scép,

      Ps. Th. 118, 176.
  • Sceáp sceal gongan mid his fliése óþ midne sumor,

      L. In. 69 ; Th. i. 146, 10.
  • Emban ceápgild ... sceáp tó sciłł.,

      L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 2.
  • Man healde .iii. niht hýde and heáfod (

    of a slain ox),

    and sceápes eall swá,
      L. Eth. iii. 9 ; Th. i. 296, 19.
  • Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld,

      L. Ath. i. 15 ; Th. i. 208, 10.
  • Eówu biþ mid hire giunge sceápe sciłł. weorð óþ ðæt .xiii. niht ofer Eástron,

      L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 7.
  • Sceáp mon sceal gildan mid sciłł.,

      L. O. D. 7b; Th. i. 356, 6.
  • Hwylc man ys ðe hæbbe án sceáp (scép,

      Rush.: scíp, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 12, 11.
  • Sceáp (scép,

      Rush.: scíp, Lind.) ðe hyrde nabbaþ, 9, 36.
  • Scípo

    oves,

      Rtl. 19, 37.
  • Sceápa hús

    ovile,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 21.
  • Sceápa locu

    caule,

      16, 6 : ii. 23, 11.
  • Lambra sceápa agni ovium, Ps. Spl. 113, 6. þreó heorda sceápa

    tres greges ovium,

      Gen. 29, 2.
  • Heald míne sceáp (scíp, Rush.: scípo, Lind.)

    pasce oves meas.

      Jn. Skt. 21, 17.
  • Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora leáse,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 11.
Etymology
[O. Frs. skép, schép : O. L. Ger. skáp : O. H. Ger. scáf.]
Similar entries
v. snǽding-sceáp. The word occurs in local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 328, 329.
Linked entries
v.  scép.
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