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scǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scǽnan, p. de
To break
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  • Ðá cómon ða cempan, and sóna ðæra sceaðena sceancan tóbrǽcon. Hí gemétton Crist deádne, and his hálgan sceancan scǽnan ne dorston,

      Homl. Th. ii. 260, 10.
  • Ða gemettan ne móston ðæs lambes bán scǽnan, ne ða cempan ne móston tóbrecan his (

    Christ's

    ) hálgan sceancan,
      282, 7.
Etymology
[Helmes gullen . . . sceldes gunnen scenen, Laym. 31234. Breken brade sperren, bordes scænden, 5186. Cf. (?) Icel. skeina to scratch, wound slightly.]
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v. ge-, tó-scǽnan.
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