sceat, st. m., _money_; also _unit of value in appraising_ (cf. Rieger in Zacher's Zeits. 3, 415): acc. pl. sceattas, 1687. When numbers are given, sceat appears to be left out, cf. 2196, 2995 (see þûsend).--Comp. gif-sceat. sceát, st. m., _region, field_: acc. pl. gefrätwade foldan sceátas leomum and leáfum, 96;--_top, surface, part_: gen. pl. eorðan sceáta, 753. sceáwere, st. m., _observer, spy_: nom. pl. sceáweras, 253. sceáwian, w. v. w. acc., _to see, look at, observe_: inf. sceáwian, 841, 1414, 2403, 2745, 3009, 3033; sceáwigan, 1392; pres. sg. II. þät ge genôge neán sceáwiað beágas and brâd gold, 3105; subj. pres. þät ic ... sceáwige swegle searo-gimmas, 2749; pret. sg. sceáwode, 1688, 2286, 2794; sg. for pl., 844; pret. pl. sceáwedon, 132, 204, 984, 1441. ge-sceáwian, _to see, behold, observe_: pret. part. ge-sceáwod, 3076, 3085. sceorp, st. n., _garment_: in comp. hilde-sceorp. sceótan, st. v., _to shoot, hurl missiles_: pres. sg. se þe of flân-bogan fyrenum sceóteð, 1745; pres. part. nom. pl. sceótend (_the warriors, bowmen_), 704, 1155; dat. pl. for sceótendum (MS. scotenum), 1027. ge-sceótan, w. acc., _to shoot off, hurry_: pret. sg. hord eft gesceát (_the dragon darted again back to the treasure_), 2320. of-sceótan, _to kill by shooting_: pret. sg. his mæg of-scêt ... blôdigan gâre _(killed his brother with bloody dart_), 2440. scild, scyld, st. m., _shield_: nom. sg. scyld, 2571; acc. sg. scyld, 437, 2076; acc. 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-wîga, w. m., _shield-warrior_: nom. sg. scyld-wîga, 288. scinna, w. m., _apparition, evil spirit_: dat. pl. scynnum, 940. scip, st. n., _vessel, ship_: nom. sg., 302; acc. sg., 1918; dat. sg. tô scipe, 1896; gen. sg. scipes, 35, 897; dat pl. tô scypum (scypon, MS.), 1155. scip-here, st. m., (exercitus navalis) _armada, fleet_: dat. sg. mid scip-herge, 243. ge-scîfe (for ge-scýfe), adj., _advancing_ (of the dragon's movement), 2571; = G. _schief_? scînan, st. v., _to shine, flash_: pres. sg. sunne ... sûðan scîneð, 607; so, 1572; inf. geseah blâcne leóman beorhte scînan, 1518; pret. sg. (gûð-byrne, woruld--candel) scân, 321, 1966; on him byrne scân, 405; pret. pl. gold-fâg scinon web äfter wagum, 995; scionon, 303. scîr, adj., _sheer, pure, shining_: nom. sg. hring-îren scîr, 322; scîr metod, 980; acc. sg. n. scîr wered, 496; gen. sg. scîran goldes, 1695. scîr-ham, adj., _bright-armored, clad in bright mail_: nom. pl. scîr-hame, 1896. scoten. See sceóten. ge-scôd, pret. part., _shod_ (calceatus), _covered_: in comp. ær-ge-scôd(?). See ge-sceaðan, and Note. scôp, st. m., _singer, shaper, poet_: nom. sg., 496, 1067; gen. sg. scôpes, 90.