Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

ge-sceran

Dictionary links
Substitute:
to shear.
to cut the hair off the head
Show examples
  • Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað,

      Lch. iii. 200, 21.
  • Gesce(o)rene

    rasam,

      An. Ox. 56, 12.
to cut the wool off sheep
Show examples
  • Sceáp gesihð gescorene hýnðe getácnað,

      Lch. iii. 208, 26.
to cut through.
of a person's action
Show examples
  • Hé him on heáfde helm gescer, þæt hé blóde fáh búgan sceolde,

      B. 2973.
of the operation of a weapon
Show examples
  • Seó ecg geswác þeódne æt þearfe; þolode ǽr fela handgemóta, helm oft gescær,

      B. 1526.
  • (O.H.Ger. ge-sceran radere, resecare.)
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ge-sceran,