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scearfian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scearfian, p. ode
To scrape, cut into shreds
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  • Genim ða ylcan wyrte, scearfa hý ðonne, and gníd swýðe smale tó duste,

      Lchdm. i. 70, 14: 80, 16: 344, 13 note. Scearfa smæle, ii. 322, 25.
  • Scearfaþ succidite . . . gescearfa ðú

    succides,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 7, 9.
  • Scearfige ealle ðás rinda tógædere,

      Lchdm. iii. 14, 4.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. scarbón concidere.]
Similar entries
v. sceorfan, and next two words.
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