swīn ofer helme
andweard
scireð (_hews off the boar-head
on the helm_), 1288.
Beowulf
skinker = cup-bearer).
scenne, w. f.?, _sword-guard?_: dat. pl. on þǣm scennum scīran goldes,
1695.
sceran, st. v., _to shear off, cleave, hew to pieces_: pres. sg. þonne
heoru bunden ...
swīn ofer helme
andweard
scireð (_hews off the boar-head
on the helm_), 1288.
ge-sceran, _to divide, hew in two_: pret. sg. helm oft ge-scær (_often
clove the helm in two_), 1527; so, gescer, 2974.
scerwen, st. f.?, in comp. ealu-scerwen (_ale-scare_ or _panic_?), 770.
