Sceanca is limm on bodige ƿihte þe aƿreðaþ þā ōðru dǣl þæs dēores ofer þǣm grunde betƿeox þǣm hō and þǣm hype and þǣm lescan; hē is tō gangunge gebrocen. Se ende þæs sceancan is oft geƿend on dǣle sceancan þe is gebrocen tō brǣdenne þæs dēores geƿiht on þǣm grunde (þæt is fōt). On tƿāsceancdum, hrycgbāndum dēorum sind þā tū neoðemestan limm geƿunelīce sceancan gehāten and þā tū hēastan limm armas oþþe fiðeru.
On līce hrycgbānedra ƿihta, ēac manna, sceanca is oft gebrocen tō þǣm fullum limme, ac on lǣccræfte is þæt ƿord synderlīce rihte gebrocen to dǣle þæs limmes betƿeox cnēo and hō. Þes is se fōtsceanca gehāten.
Se mǣsta dǣl dēora habbaþ efen rīm sceancena. Maniga dēora endebyrdnessa sind tǣcned fram heora sceancena rīme.