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sceafa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sceafa, an; m.
A plane
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  • Sceaba

    runcina,

      Txts. 92, 853.
  • Scafa

    olatrum.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 11: ii. 64, 13.
  • Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, scafan, sage, Anglia ix. 263, 2.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. schave or schavynge knyfe scalpellum, scalprum: O. H. Ger. scaba plana, asperella: Ger. schabe: Du. schaaf a plane: Icel. skafa a scraper.]
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v. mǽlsceafa, sceafan.
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v.  sceaba.
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