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scylf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scylf, scylp, es; m.
a peak, crag, tor (in local names)
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  • Ðonon ofer ealne ðone hǽþfeld tó Hnæfes scylfe,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 37.
  • Tó byrnan scylfe,

      38, 36.
  • Sticule scylpas

    scabri murices,

      Germ. 399, 446.
  • Scylfa

    scopulorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 421, 43.
a turret, tower, pinnacle
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  • Se deófol gesette hine uppan ðam scylfe ðæs heágan temples,

      Homl. Th. i. 166, 17: 170, 1.
  • Wé biddaþ ðæt ðú ástíge tó ðam sticelan scylfe . . . Hwæt ða bóceras hine gebrohton tó ðæs temples scylfe, ii. 300, 1-3.
  • Hé hine ásette ofer ðæs temples scylf, Blickl Homl. 27, 11.
  • Scylfas maciones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 29: pinnas, Blickl. Gl. Ða torras and ða scylfas on him bǽron ða elpendas

    elephanti superpositas turres gestaverunt,

      Nar. 4, 16.
Etymology
[Cf.(?) O. H. Ger. sculpa gleba.]
Similar entries
v. stán-scylf; scylfig.
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v.  scylfig scylp á-scylfan.
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