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screpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
screpan, p. scræp, pl. scrǽpon; pp. screpen
Wright's OE grammar
§505;
To scrape, scratch
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  • Scriopu

    scalpio,

      Txts. 97, 1828.
  • Scripið, scripith, scribid

    scarpinat,

      95, 1805.
  • Screpes scratches (? the word glosses

    arescit.

    v. scrípan),
      Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 18.
  • Screp ðæt blód of,

      Lchdm. ii. 262, 6: 38, 20.
Etymology
[Þet he screpe zennes of al of oure herten, Ayenb. 98, 19. But generally later English forms seem to represent a verb scrapian. Cf. Icel. skrapa: O. Du. schrapen Heo schulden schreapien þe eorðe up of hore putte,A. R. 116, 15. Al þet scrift ne schreapeð nout of,
    344, 13.
Shame shrapeth his clothes, Piers P. 11, 423. Scrapyn̄ (shrapyn) awey abrado; scrapyn̄ (schrapyn) scalpo, scalpito,
    Prompt. Parv. 450.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-screpan.
Linked entries
v.  scrípan.
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  • screpan, v.