sceafmælum

Old English
FWOTD – 30 July 2023

Etymology

Equivalent to sċeaf +‎ -mǣlum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑf.mæː.lum/, [ˈʃæ͜ɑv.mæː.lum]

Adverb

sċeafmǣlum

  1. 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.
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