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sceard

  • adjective
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sceard, adj.
notched, hacked, having gaps or rifts
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  • Ic geann Ælmǽre ðæs sceardan swurdes the hacked sword (cf. Icel. með skarða skjöldu

    with hacked shields),

      Chart. Th. 561, 1, 23.
  • Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 5), of ðam sceardan beorge tó ðam rúgan hlǽwe. Cod.Dip. B. iii. 170, 2.
  • On sceard hweogl (?),

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 419, 11.
  • Hrófas sind gehrorene . . . scearde scúrbeorge,

      Exon. Th. 476, 9; Ruin. 5.
gashed, mutilated
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  • Gif eáre sceard weorðe,

      L. Eth. 42; Th. i. 14, 7: 48; Th. i. 14, 13.
deprived
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  • Hé wæs his mǽga sceard, freónda gefylled on folcstede, beslagen æt sæcce, and his sunu forlét on wælstówe,

      Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 6. (Cf. Icel. hafa, bera skarðan hlut to get worsted.)
Etymology
[O. Sax. skard: O. Frs. skerde cut, gashed: O. H. Ger. scart; lid-scart murcus; lid-scartí mutilation; scartsam scabrosus: M. H. Ger. schart: Ger. schartig: Icel. skarðr.]
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v. scirdan, and previous word.
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