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screnum, ~a [ME screne, AN escren < CL scrinium] 1 box, chest, or sim. receptacle; b (for letters or documents); c (for treasure). 1258 pro capella [? sc. in] skrenis et coopertul’ emptis xvij s. vij d. Ac. Wellingb. 1; 1268 in ~is et coopertul’ missis domino G. de Preston’ ij s. vij d. Ib. 5; 1283 in capella ‥ ij skreni depicti (Ac. Milton) DCCant..  b 1466 unam sistam, viz. a cowntyr ‥ unum ~ium, viz. a schrevyn pro l solidis, et unum longum sedile ‥ pro xliv solidis Reg. Aberbr. II 153.  c 13‥ cameram ‥ cum fraccione ~ii et cagetarum tanquam sacrilegi furibundi spoliarunt ‥ necnon jocalia diversa in custodia ‥ confessoris ‥ abstulerunt Kelso 510. 2 screen: a firescreen. b partition. a 1313 in xlij bord’ empt’ pro quadam ~a pendens super ‥ focum KR Ac 478/1 m. 1.  b 1250 duas framas in camera regine nostre et unum escrenum in camera prefati Edwardi Liberate 27 m. 16; 1251 tam in camera regis quam in camera regine unum escrinium fieri faciat inter hostium et lectum regis et lectum ejusdem regine Cl 518.

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