scieran

Meaning

1. to shave

   late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Leviticus 19:27

   And don't cut your hair or shave your beards.

2. to shear

   Be Cristes þrōwunge cwæþ Īsāias, "Hē is ġelǣded tō sleġe swā swā sċēap, and hē swīgode and his mūþ ne ondyde swā swā lamb dēþ þonne hit man sċiereþ."

   Isaiah said about Jesus' suffering, "He's led like a sheep to the slaughter, and he kept silent and shut his mouth like a lamb being sheared."

   c. 996, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Lord"

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