A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ ±scearfian] to cut off, scrape, shred.

[ scearflian] to scrape, Lcd 1·184¹⁸.

[ scearfung] f. scraping, scarifying, Lcd.

[ scearn] (æ, e) n. dung, muck, Lcd, VPs. [‘sharn’]

[ scearnbudda] m. dung-beetle, ÆGr 308¹n.

[ scearn-wibba] (æ, e) -wifel (-fifel, WW) m. dung-beetle.

[ scēaron] = scǣron pret. pl. of [scieran].

[ scearp] (a, æ) ‘sharp,’ pointed, prickly, Lcd, Soul, VPs: acute, keen, active, shrewd, Bo, Lcd: severe, rough, harsh, AO, Lcd: biting, bitter, acid, Lcd: brave. [[scieran]]

[ scearpe] I. adv. ‘sharply,’ keenly, Hex, Ps; Æ.

[II.] f. scarification, Lcd.