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scúwa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
the shadow thrown by an object
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  • Oferwráh muntas scúa his

    operuit montes umbra ejus,

      Ps. Surt. 79, 11.
  • Dægas míne swé swé scúa (

    umbra

    ) onhældun,
      101, 12: 143, 4.
  • Ic eom scúan gelíc swýþe áhylded

    sicut umbra cum declinat,

      Ps. Th. 108, 23.
shade, darkness
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  • Mid ðý wit forþgongende wǽron under ðam scúwan ðære þýstran nihte cum progrederemur sola sub nocte per umbras, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 14. II a. fig. shadow :-- Scúa deáþes

    umbra mortis,

      Ps. Surt. 43, 20.
  • In midle scúan deáþes,

      22, 4.
  • Alǽd mé út of ðyses carcernes húse and of deáþes scúan,

      Blickl. Homl. 87, 35.
  • Scúia (scúa,

      Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 16.
  • In scýa,

      Rtl. 168, 9.
  • Sealde him deorcne deáþes scúwan,

      Ch. Th. 293, 15; Sat. 455.
shadow, protection
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  • Ic on fægerum scúan fiðera ðínra gewície in umbra alarum tuarum spero, Ps. Th. 56, l. Under scúan fiðra ðínra gesild mé

    sub umbra alarum tuarum protege me,

      Ps. Surt. 16, 8.
shadow as opposed to substance
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  • Scúan ł leásunge

    fallacis,

      Hpt. Gl. 459, 14.
Etymology
[Screne or scu or spere scrinium, ventifuga, Prompt. Parv. 450. Spere or scuw (schuu), 468. Þe skuues of the scowtes, Gaw. 2167. Cf. Goth. thairh skuggwan δι ἐσόπτρου, 1 Cor. 13, 12. O. H. Ger. scúwo umbra: Icel. skuggi a shadow; a spectre.]
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v. dǽd-, deáþ-, dim-, heolstor-, hlín-, niht-scúwa (-scúa)
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v.  scúa.
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  • scúwa, n.