sceafmælum
Old English
editEtymology
editEquivalent to sċeaf + -mǣlum.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editsċeafmǣlum
- Sheaf by sheaf, sheafwise
- c. 990, Aelfric of Eynsham, transl., Wessex Gospels, Matthew XIII:30:
- 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.