, _servant,
military
retainer_: nom.
Beowulf
m.
, _shaft, spear, missile_: nom.
sg.
sceft, 3119.
--Comp.
:
here-, wæl-sceaft.
ge-sceaft, st.
f.
: 1) _creation, earth, earthly existence_: acc.
sg.
þās
lǣnan ge-sceaft, 1623.
--2) _fate, destiny_: in comp.
forð-, līf-,
mǣl-gesceaft.
scealc, st.
m.
, _servant,
military
retainer_: nom.
sg.
, 919; (of Bēowulf),
940.
--Comp bēor-scealc.
ge-sceap, st.
n.
: 1) _shape, creature_: nom.
pl.
scadu-helma ge-sceapu,
651.
--2) _fate, providence_: acc.
sg.
hēah ge-sceap (_heavy fate_), 3085.
sceapan, sceppan, scyppan, st.
v.
, _to shape, create, order, arrange,
establish_: pres.
part.
