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pl. scyldas, 325, 333, 2851.

scildan, scyldan, w. v. , _to shield, protect_: pret. subj. nymðe mec god
scylde (_if God had not shielded me_), 1659.

scild-freca, w. m. , _shield-warrior_ (warrior armed with a shield): nom.
sg. scyld-freca, 1034.

scild-weall, st. m. , _wall of shields_: acc. sg. scild-weall, 3119.

scild-wiga, w. m. , _shield-warrior_: nom. sg. scyld-wiga, 288.

scinna, w. m. , _apparition, evil spirit_: dat. pl. scynnum, 940.

scip, st. n. , _vessel, ship_: nom. sg. , 302; acc. sg. , 1918; dat. sg. tō
scipe, 1896; gen. sg. scipes, 35, 897; dat pl. tō scypum (scypon, MS. ),
1155.

scip-here, st. m. , (exercitus navalis) _armada, fleet_: dat. sg. mid
scip-herge, 243.

ge-scīfe (for ge-scȳfe), adj. , _advancing_ (of the dragon's movement),
2571; = G. _schief_?

scīnan, st. v. , _to shine, flash_: pres. sg. sunne . . . sūðan scīneð, 607;
so, 1572; inf. geseah blācne lēoman beorhte scīnan, 1518; pret. sg.
(gūð-byrne, woruld--candel) scān, 321, 1966; on him byrne scān, 405; pret.
pl. gold-fāg scinon web æfter wāgum, 995; scionon, 303.

scīr, adj. , _sheer, pure, shining_: nom. sg. hring-īren scīr, 322; scīr
metod, 980; acc. sg. n. scīr wered, 496; gen. sg. scīran goldes, 1695.

scīr-ham, adj. , _bright-armored, clad in bright mail_: nom. pl. scīr-hame,
1896.

scoten. See scēoten.

ge-scōd, pret. part. , _shod_ (calceatus), _covered_: in comp.
ǣr-ge-scōd(? ). See ge-sceaðan, and Note.

scop, st. m. , _singer, shaper, poet_: nom. sg. , 496, 1067; gen. sg. scopes,
90.

scræf, st. n. , _hole in the earth, cavern_: in comp. eorð-scræf.

scrīðan, st. v. , _to stride, go_: pres. pl. scrīðað, 163; inf. scrīðan,
651, 704; scrīðan tō, 2570.

scrīfan, st. v. , _to prescribe, impose_ (punishment): inf. hū him (Grendel)
scīr metod scrīfan wille, 980.

for-scrīfan, w. dat. pers. , _to proscribe, condemn_: pret. part. siððan him
scyppend for-scrifen hæfde, 106.

ge-scrīfan, _to permit, prescribe_: pret. sg. swā him Wyrd ne ge-scrāf (_as
Weird did not permit him_), 2575.

scrūd, st. m. , _clothing, covering; ornament_: in comp. beadu-,
byrdu-scrūd.

scucca, w. m. , _shadowy sprite, demon_: dat. pl. scuccum, 940.

sculan, aux. v. w. inf. : 1) _shall, must_ (obligation): pres. sg. I. , III.
sceal, 20, 24, 183, 251, 271, 287, 440, 978, 1005, 1173, 1387, 1535, etc. ;
scel, 455, 2805, 3011; II. scealt, 589, 2667; subj. pres. scyle, 2658;
scile, 3178; pret. ind. sg. I. , III. scolde, 10, 806, 820, 966, 1071, 1444,
1450, etc. ; sceolde, 2342, 2409, 2443, 2590, 2964; II. sceoldest, 2057; pl.
scoldon, 41, 833, 1306, 1638; subj. pret. scolde, 1329, 1478; sceolde,
2709. --2) w. inf. following it expresses futurity, = _shall, will_: pres.
sg. I. , III. sceal bēodan (_shall offer_), 384; so, 424, 438, 602, 637,
1061, 1707, 1856, 1863, 2070; sceall, 2499, 2509, etc. ; II. scealt, 1708;
pl. wit sculon, 684; subj. pret. scolde, 280, 692, 911; sceolde, 3069. --3)
sculan sometimes forms a periphrastic phrase or circumlocution for a simple
tense, usually with a slight feeling of obligation or necessity: pres. sg.
hē ge-wunian sceall (_he inhabits; is said to inhabit? _), 2276; pret. sg.
sē þe wæter-egesan wunian scolde, 1261; wæcnan scolde (_was to awake_), 85;
sē þone gomelan grētan sceolde (_was to, should, approach_), 2422; þæt se
byrn-wiga būgan sceolde (_the corseleted warrior had to bow, fell_), 2919;
pl. þā þe beado-grīman bȳwan sceoldon (_they that had to polish or deck
the battle-masks_), 2258; so, 230, 705, 1068. --4) w. omitted inf. , such as
wesan, gangan: unc sceal worn fela māðma ge-mǣnra (i. e. wesan). 1784; so,
2660; sceal se hearda helm . . . fǣtum befeallen (i. e. wesan), 2256; ic him
æfter sceal (i. e. gangan), 2817; subj. þonne þū forð scyle (i. e. gangan),
1180. A verb or inf. expressed in an antecedent clause is not again
expressed with a subsequent sceal: gǣð ā Wyrd swā hīo scel (_Weird goeth
ever as it shall_ [go]), 455; gūð-bill ge-swāc swā hit nō sceolde (i. e.
ge-swīcan), 2586.

scūa, w. m. , _shadowy demon_: in comp. dēað-scūa.

scūfan, st. v. : 1) intrans. , _to move forward, hasten_: pret. part. þā wæs
morgen-lēoht scofen and scynded, 919. --2) w. acc. , _to shove, push_: pret.
pl. guman ūt scufon . . .
wudu bundenne (_pushed the vessel from the land_),
215; dracan scufun . . . ofer weall-clif (_pushed the dragon over the
wall-like cliff_), 3132. See wīd-scofen(? )

be-scūfan, w. acc. , _to push, thrust down, in_: inf. wā bið þǣm þe sceal
. . . sāwle be-scūfan in fȳres fæðm (_woe to him that shall thrust his soul
into fire's embrace_), 184.

scūr, st. m. , _shower, battle-shower_: in comp. īsern-scūr.

scūr-heard, adj. , _fight-hardened? (file-hardened? _): nom. pl. scūr-heard,
1034.

scyld, scyldan. See scild, scildan.

scyldig, adj. , _under obligations_ or _bound for; guilty of_, w. gen. and
instr. : ealdres (morðres) scyldig, 1339, 1684, 2062; synnum scyldig
(_guilty of evil deeds_), 3072.

scyndan, w. v. , _to hasten_: inf. scyndan, 2571; pret. part, scynded, 919

scynna. See scinna.

scyppend. See sceapan.

scȳran, w. v. , _to arrange, decide_: inf. þæt hit sceaðen-mǣl scȳran
mōste (_that the sword must decide it_), 1940. O. N. skora, _to score,
decide_.

scȳne, adj. , _sheen, well-formed, beautiful_: nom. sg. mægð scȳne, 3017.

sē, se, pron. dem. and article, _the_: m. nom. , 79, 84, 86, 87, 90, 92,
102, etc. ; fem, sēo, 66, 146, etc. ; neut. þæt;--relative: sē (_who_), 1611,
2866; sē þe (_he who_), 2293; sēo þe (_she who_), 1446; sē þe (for sēo þe),
1345, 1888, 2686; cf. 1261, 1498; (Grendel's mother, as a wild, demonic
creature, is conceived now as man, now as woman: woman, as having borne a
son; man, as the incarnation of savage cunning and power); se for sēo,
2422; dat. sg. þām (for þām þe), 2780.

secce. See sacu.

secg, st. m. , _man, warrior, hero, spokesman_ (secgan? ): nom. sg. , 208,
872, 2228, 2407, etc. ; (Bēowulf), 249, 948, 1312, 1570, 1760, etc. ;
(Wulfgār), 402; (Hunferð), 981; (Wīglāf), 2864; acc. sg. sinnigne secg
(Grendel's mother, cf. se), 1380; dat. sg. secge, 2020; nom. pl. secgas,
213, 2531, 3129; dat. pl. secgum, 490; gen. pl. secga, 634, 843, 997, 1673.

secg, st. f. , _sword_ (sedge? ): acc. sg. secge, 685.

secgan, w. v. , _to say, speak_: 1) w. acc. : pres. sg. gode ic þanc secge,
1998; so, 2796; pres. part. swā se secg hwata secgende wæs lāðra spella
(partitive gen. ), 3029; inf. secgan, 582, 876, 881, 1050; pret. sg. sægde
him þæs lēanes þanc, 1810; pret. sg. II. hwæt þū worn fela . . . sægdest from
his sīðe, 532. --2) without acc inf. swā wē sōðlīce secgan hȳrdon, 273;
pret. sg. sægde, 2633, 2900--3) w. depend. clause: pres. sg. ic secge, 591;
pl. III. secgað, 411; inf. secgan, 51, 391, 943, 1347, 1701, 1819, 2865,
3027; gerund. tō secganne, 473, 1725; pret. sg. sægde, 90, 1176; pl.
sægdon, 377, 2188; sǣdan, 1946.

ā-secgan (edicere), _to say out, deliver_: inf. wille ic ā-secgan suna
Healfdenes . . . mīn ǣrende, 344.

ge-secgan, _to say, relate_: imper. sg. II. ge-saga, 388; þæt ic his ǣrest
þē eft ge-sægde (_that I should, after, tell thee its origin_), 2158; pret.
part. gesægd, 141; gesǣd, 1697.

sefa, w. m. , _heart, mind, soul, spirit_: nom. sg. , 49, 490, 595, 2044,
2181, 2420, 2601, 2633; acc. sg. sefan, 278, 1727, 1843; dat. sg. sefan,
473, 1343, 1738. --Comp. mōd-sefa.

ge-segen, st. f. , _legend, tale_: in comp. eald-ge-segen.

segl, st. n. , _sail_: nom. sg. , 1907.

segl-rād, st. f. , _sail-road_, i. e. sea: dat. sg. on segl-rāde, 1430.

segn, st. n. , _banner_, vexillum: nom. sg. , 2768, 2959; acc. sg. segen, 47,
1022; segn, 2777; dat. sg. under segne, 1205. --Comp. hēafod-segn.

sel, st. n. , _hall, palace_. See sæl.

seld, st. n. , _dwelling, house_: in comp. medu-seld.

ge-selda, w. m. , contubernalis, _companion_: acc. sg. geseldan, 1985.

seldan, adv. , _seldom_: oft [nō] seldan, 2030.

seld-guma, w. m. , _house-man, home-stayer(? ); common man? , house-carl? _:
nom. sg. , 249.

sele, st. m. and n. , _building consisting of one apartment; apartment,
room_: nom. sg. , 81, 411; acc. sg. sele, 827, 2353; dat. sg.