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of-scotian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc.
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  • Hé hét hine mid strǽlum ofscotian, ðæt hé wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta,

      Shrn. 55, 8.
  • Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod

    manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis

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      Ex. 19, 13.
  • Mid flánum ofscotod and mid stánum oftorfod

    sagittis, saxis contriti

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      Ors. 4, 11 ; Swt. 206, 14. v. preceding word.
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v.  scotian.
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