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of-sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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of-sceótan, <b>. I.</b>
to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon
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  • Wulfstán ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 1; By. 77.
  • Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439.
  • Hé hiene ne meahte ofsceótan mid ðæm bismere

    quem commovere in ipsa contumeliarum jaculatione non potuit

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      Past. 33, 7 ; Swt. 227, 9.
  • Hé mid geǽttrode fláne hine ofsceótan wolde,

      Homl. Th. i. 502, 18.
  • Hé wearð ofscoten mid ánre fláne

    sagitta ictus interiit

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      Ors. 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 13.
  • Ðǽr wearð Leostenas mid ánre flán ofscoten

    ibi Leosthenes telo e muris jacto perfossus occiditur

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      3, 11; Swt. 144, 27.
  • Mid fýrenum flánum ofscotene (ofsceotene, 7),

      Homl. Th. i. 506,1.
Ofscoten elf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it. See the Glossary and Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
elf-shot, v. next word.
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