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scear

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scear, es ; m. (?)
A plough-share
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  • scer, scær, scear

    uomis,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 55, 16.
  • Scaer

    vomer,

      Txts. 35, 32.
  • Scear vomer vel

    vomis,

      Wrt. Voc. I. 15, I: 74, 72.
  • Scer,

      287, 6.
  • Hwanon ðam yrþlinge sylan scear oððe culter,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 29.
  • Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid ðære syl

    confirmato vomere et cultro aratro,

      19, 19.
  • Hé sceal habban scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 4.
Etymology
[Chauc. Piers P. Prompt. Parv. schare : O. Frs. skere, schere: O. H. Ger. scar, scaro vomer.]
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v.  scer gúþ-scear cláþ-scear.
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  • scear, n.