Old English · adverb
sceafmælum
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈʃæ͜ɑːf.mæː.lum/[ˈʃæ͜ɑːv.mæː.lum]
- Syllables
- ˈʃæ͜ɑːf · mæː · lum (3 syllables)
Meaning
Sheaf by sheaf, sheafwise
Lætað æyþer wexan oððe rip-timan: ⁊ on þam rip-timan ic segge þan riperem, Gaderiað ærest þanne coccel ⁊ bindeð sceafmælum to forbærnenne: ⁊ gaderiað æane hwæte into mine berne
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
c. 990, Aelfric of Eynsham, transl., Wessex Gospels, Matthew XIII:30:
Etymology
Equivalent to sċēaf + -mǣlum.
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