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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to sċeaf + -mǣlum.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sċeafmǣlum
- 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.