scir

Senses

1. bright, shining

   Ðonne mid fēre foldbūende sē micla dæġ meahtan dryhtnes æt midre niht mæġne bihlæmeð, sċīre ġesċeafte, swā oft sċeaða fǣcne, þēof þrīstlīċe, þe on þȳstre fareð, on sweartre niht, sorglēase hæleð semninga forfēhð slǣpe ġebundne, eorlas unġearwe yfles ġenǣgeð.

   Then the Great day of the mighty Lord clangs earth-dwellers, in bright being, with woe at the middle of the night’s strength, as often a guileful robber would, a thief boldly, who goes into the darkness, on a black night, takes carefree heroes, bound by sleep, forthwith by surprise, attacks unready men with evil.

   10th century, Christ III:

2. clear, pure

Declension

Senses

1. office (status of an official)

2. district (under an official or governor)

3. administrative region, shire (consisting of a number of hundreds or wapentakes, ruled jointly by an alderman and a sheriff)

   Ġif hē ealdormon sīe, ðolie his sċīre, būton him kyning ārian wille.

   If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.

   Laws of King Ine

Declension · strong ō-stem