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English
Noun
scien
- Obsolete spelling of scion.
- 1658: John Milton, To the Evangelick Cities of the Switzers; reprinted in:
- 1851: John Mitford, The works of John Milton in verse and prose, printed from the original editions with a life of the author by the Rev. John Mitford, volume VIII (Prose works, volume VI), § 3 : “ Letters written in the Name of Oliver The Protector,” page 404 〃 〃 〃 〃 (London : William Pickering)
- It ſeems to be only in your Power, next under God, to prevent the extirpation of this moſt antient Scien of the purer Religion, in theſe remainders of the Primitive Believers; whoſe preſervation, now reduc’d to the very brink of utter ruin, if you neglect, beware that the next Turn be not your own.
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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan, derived from *skeuh (Old English sċēoh).
Pronunciation
Verb
sċīen
- to be frightened or startled; recoil in fear
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Þā sċīedon þā mūlas þe þæt cræt tugon, þurh his tōcyme āfyrhte, and tōmengdon þā ġetogu þæt hīe tēon ne meahton.- The mules pulling the chariot jumped back, frightened at his approach, and tangled the traces so that they couldn't pull.
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