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▪ I. † scurn, n. Obs. rare—1.
[f. scurn v.]
Hesitation, bashfulness.
a1300Cursor M. 8963 Sco lift hir skirt wit-vten scurn, And bar-fote wode sco þat burn.
▪ II. † scurn, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 skur(r)n, 4 skurne, scurn(e. Cf. shurn.
[Of obscure origin; perh. cognate with ON. skirra-sk (see scare v.). Cf. scunner v.]
intr. To shrink, flinch, take fright.
a1300Cursor M. 19446 He sagh him croised þat ilk turn Þat he for staning suld not skurn. Ibid. 20960 Noght he skurnd wit hir stang, Bot on his hand þer scho was fest, He schok and in þe fir hir kest. c1325Metr. Hom. 24 Quen sun and mon sal thusgat turn, Than sal the sinful sar scurn. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 120 And menne besoght me..To turne it bot in light[e] ryme. Þai sayd, if I in strange it turne, To here it, manyon suld skurne. |
