[[Biliþ:Beine.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Dēora sceancan and mennlicmennisc sceanca]]
'''Sceanca''' is [[limm]] on bodige wihteswihte þe awreðaþ þā ōðru dǣl þæs dēores ofer þǣm grunde betweox þǣm hō and þǣm [[Hype|hype]] and þǣm lescan; hē is tō gangunge gebrocen. SēoSe ende þæs sceancan is oft oþþe gewend oþþ geleaht on dǣle sceancan þe is gewendgebrocen tō brǣdenne þæs dēores gewiht on þǣm grunde (seohþæt is [[Fōtfōt]]). On twāsceancdum, hrycgbāndum dēorum sind þā tū niðerostanneoðemestan limm gewunelīce sceancan gehāten and þā tū hēastan limm armas oþþe fiðeru.
On līce hrycgbānedra wihta, ēac mennmanna, ''sceanca'' is oft gebrocen tō þǣm fullum limme, ac on lǣccræfte is þæt word ǣnlīcesynderlīce rihte gebrocen to dǣle þæs limmes betweox [[cnēo]] and [[hōh|hō]]. Þes is se [[fōtsceanca]] gehāten.
ÞætSe mǣstemǣsta dǣl dēoredēora habbaþ efen rĪmrīm sceancena. Maniga [[dēora endebyrdness]]a sind tǣcned fram heora sceancena rīme.
