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screáwa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
screáwa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A shrew-mouse
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  • Screáwa mus araneus, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 29: musiranus, ii. 55, 80:

    massiranus,

      71, 24.
  • Scréuua, screáuua, scraeua

    musiranus,

      Txts. 78, 649.
Etymology
[Cf. Chauc. Piers P. Prompt. Parv. schrewe, shrewe pravus.]
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  • screáwa, n.