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sceapa,
an;
m.
I.
one
who
does
harm,
a
criminal,
wretch,
miscreant,
an
enemy:--Sceaþa,
deógol
ddhata
(Grendel),
Beo.
Th.
554;
B.
274.
Nú
earttú
(Satan)
earm,
sceaþa
in
fýrlocan
feste
gebunden,
Cd.
Th.
268,
19;
Sat.
57.
His
feónd
áfyllan
ðe
ðone
scaþan
(the
assassin
Eomer)
sende,
Chr.
626;
Erl.
23,
34.
Fýnd
sceaþan
inimici,
Ps.
Lamb.
9,
7.
Gewítaþ,
áwirgede
woruldsorga,
of
mínes
þegenes
móde,
forðam
gé
sind
ða
mstan
sceaþan,
Bt.
3;
Fox
4,
24.
Scyppend
sceaþan
onféngon
syngum
hondum,
Exon.
Th.
70,
2;
Cri.
1132.
Beraþ
linde
forþ
in
sceaþena
gemong
bear
the
linden
shields
forth
into
the
press
of
the
foe,
Judth.
Thw.
24,
17;
Jud.
193.
Wælstreámas
(the
waters
of
the
Deluge)
werodum
swelgaþ,
sceaþum
scyldfullum,
Cd.
Th.
78,
32;
Gen.
1302.
I
a.
a
spiritual
enemy,
fiend,
devil:--Se
sceaþa
(the
devil
who
tempted
Eve),
38,
14;
Gen.
606,
Sceaþa,
Satanes
þegn,
Salm.
Kmbl.
234;
Sal.
116.
Ðæt
hé
ús
gescilde
wið
sceaþan
wpnum,
láþra
lyge-searwum,
Exon.
Th.
48,
22;
Cri.
775:
Andr.
Kmbl.
2584;
An.
1293.
Fcnum
feónde
hýrdes,
sceþþendum
sceaþan,
Exon.
Th.
85,
24;
Cri.1396.
Helle
hæftling,
scyldigne
sceaþan,
Salm.
Kmbl.
257;
Sal.
128.
Sceaþan
(the
fallen
angels)
hwearfdon
earme
æglécan
geond
ðæt
atole
scref,
Cd.
Th.
269,
13;
Sat.
72.
In
ðæt
sceaþena
scræf
hell,
304,
20;
Sat.
633.
Scyldwyrcende
sceaþan
(the
fallen
angels),
Elen.
Kmbl.
1521;
El.
762.
II.
a
spoiler,
robber:--Sceaþa
predo,
Wrt.
Voc.
ii.
88,
66.
Hé
is
þeóf
and
sceaþa
ille
fur
est
et
latro,
Jn.
Skt.
10,
l:
Exon.
Th.
54,
20;
Cri.
871.
Se
sceaþa
the
thief
(on
the
cross),
Homl.
Th.
ii.
78,
18.
'Hwæt
eart
ðú
ðe
ðýn
ansýn
ys
swylce
ánes
sceaþan.'
Hé
(the
penitent
thief)
hym
andswarode:
'Sóð
gé
secgaþ
ðæt
ic
sceaþa
wæs
and
ealle
yfelu
on
eorþan
wyrcende,'
Nicod.
32;
Thw.
18,
19-22.
Hé
(Judas)
wæs
gítsere
and
se
wyresta
sceaþa,
Blickl.
Homl.
69,
11.
Swá
swá
tó
ánum
sceaþan
(ad
latronem)
gé
férdon,
Mk.
Skt.
14,
48:
Lk.
Skt.
22,
52.
Sceaþena
scip
paro,
Wrt.
Voc.
i.
56,
27.
Hí
habbaþ
démena
and
sceaþena
dda,
Blickl.
Homl.
63,
9.
Óðer
hine
scyhte
ðæt
hé
sceaþena
gemót
nihtes
sóhte
(cf.
hé
(Guthlac)
menigfeald
wæl
felde
and
slóh
and
of
mannum
heora
hta
nam,
Guthl.
2;
Gdwin.
14,
5-6),
Exon.
Th.
109,
31;
Gú.
98.
Gé
hit
dóþ
sceaþum
tó
scrafum
'ye
have
made
it
a
den
of
thieves,'
Blickl.
Homl.
71,
20.
Hé
wæs
on
mycelre
frecednysse
on
wéstene
betwux
sceaþum,
Homl.
Th.
i.
392,
7.
Sum
man
becom
on
ða
sceaþan
ða
hine
bereáfodon
homo
quidam
incidit
in
latrones
qui
etiam
despoliauerunt,
Lk.
Skt.
10,
30.
III.
with
a
favourable
meaning,
a
warrior:--Scaþan
onetton,
wron
æþelingas
eft
tó
leódum
fúse
tó
farenne,
Beo.
Th.
3610;
B.
1803.
Scaþan
scírhame
tó
scipe
fóron,
3794;
B.
1895.
[O.
Sax.
skaðo
a
robber,
evildoer.]
v.
átor-,
dol-,
fr-,
feónd-,
folc-,
fyrn-,
gilp-,
gúþ-,
hell-,
helle-,
hearm-,
leód-,
lyft-,
mán-,
mór-,
níþ-,
s-,
syn-,
þeód-,
þeóf-,
úht-,
wam-,
wícing-sceaþa,
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