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 þūsend).--Comp. gif-sceat. scēat, st. m., _region, field_: acc. pl. gefrætwade foldan scēatas leomum and lēafum, 96;--_top, surface, part_: gen. pl. eorðan scēata, 753. scēawere, st. m., _observer, spy_: nom. pl. scēaweras, 253. scēawian, w. v. w. acc., _to see, look at, observe_: inf. scēawian, 841, 1414, 2403, 2745, 3009, 3033; scēawigan, 1392; pres. sg. II. þæt gē genōge nēan scēawiað bēagas and brād gold, 3105; subj. pres. þæt ic ... scēawige swegle searo-gimmas, 2749; pret. sg. scēawode, 1688, 2286, 2794; sg. for pl., 844; pret. pl. scēawedon, 132, 204, 984, 1441. ge-scēawian, _to see, behold, observe_: pret. part. ge-scēawod, 3076, 3085. sceorp, st. n., _garment_: in comp. hilde-sceorp. scēotan, st. v., _to shoot, hurl missiles_: pres. sg. sē þe of flān-bogan fyrenum scēoteð, 1745; pres. part. nom. pl. scēotend (_the warriors, bowmen_), 704, 1155; dat. pl. for scēotendum (MS. scotenum), 1027. ge-scēotan, w. acc., _to shoot off, hurry_: pret. sg. hord eft gescēat (_the dragon darted again back to the treasure_), 2320. of-scēotan, _to kill by shooting_: pret. sg. his mǣg of-scēt ... blōdigan gāre _(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-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.