scybalum

scybalum [LL < σκύβαλον; cf. et. AS scit+*beall], scibalum, (piece of) excrement, dung, faeces. squibula, bisane, abomaton, adina, anaprosis Gloss. Poems 104; tu galline stercus! tu asini ~um! ‥ habeto stercus in mente tuo! habe ~um in barba tua et in ore tuo et ~um tria et duo Ælf. Bata 4. 27; aliquando desiccantur et fiunt squibale Quaest. Salern. N 55; fimum et fumum super omnia abhorrent apes et ideo laborant projicere feces et squibala sua quando volant quia feces fetent valde Bart. Angl. XVIII 11; adest ‥ insomnietas longa. squibalorum retentio ‥ squibala indurantur Gilb. V 226v. 1; tyrdyl, schepys donge, rudus ‥ squibalum PP; squibola, i. stercora dura Alph. 174.