Middle English Dictionary Entry

scōren v.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To cut (sth.); ~ awei, cut (sth.) off; (b) to make lines on or score (sth.) with (sth.); (c) to mark (a tally stick); (d) to mark (an item on a tally); also, compute and record (sth.); keep account of (sth.); ~ upon (on) taille, tally (a debt); -- also without obj.; ?also, with pun on tail pudendum [1st quot.]; (e) in place name.