"Scefing" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Old English]

IPA: /ˈʃeː.finɡ/, [ˈʃeː.viŋɡ] Forms: Sċēfing [canonical, masculine]
Etymology: From Scēf + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|ang|Scēf|ing|id2=son}} Scēf + -ing Head templates: {{ang-proper noun|g=m|head=Sċēfing}} Sċēfing m
  1. (poetic) ‘Descendant of Sceafa’. Tags: poetic
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          "english": "Oft did Scyld the son of Scéf tear the mead-thrones away from the hosts of his foes, from many tribes; the earl terrified them, after he first was found an out-cast.",
          "ref": "c. 1000, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV), page 132r, lines 4–6:",
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          "roman": "oft scyld scefing sceaþen[a] þreatum monegū mægþum meodo setla of teah egsode eorl syððan ærest wearð fea sceaft funden",
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