scien

Meaning

1. to be frightened or startled; recoil in fear

   Þā sċīedon þā mūlas þe þæt cræt tugon, þurh his tōcyme āfyrhte, and tōmengdon þā ġetogu þæt hīe tēon ne meahton.

   The mules pulling the chariot jumped back, frightened at his approach, and tangled the traces so that they couldn't pull.

   c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

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