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scorian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scorian, p. ode
To refuse, reject an offer, repudiate
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  • Ða ðe ne gelýfab þurh ágenne cyre hí scoriaþ ná þurh gewyrd

    those who do not believe refuse by their own choice, not by fate,

      Homl. Th. i. 114, 12.
  • Ðá sceorede ðá gyt se yldesta hǽðengylda mid mycelre þwyrnysse

    the chief idolater still refused (Christianity) with much perversity,

      72, 9.
Etymology
[Cf. O. L. Ger. scurgan avertere, expellere : O. H. Ger. scurgan trudere, impellere, propellere; fer-scurgan repellere.]
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v. wið-scorian
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v.  sceorian.
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