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ge-sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.
to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to; cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus
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  • Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrne

    the dragon again darted to his hoard, his secret hall,

    • Beo. Th. 4628
      • ;
    • B. 2319
      • .

  • Ðæt feoh ðe ic for hyre áre gescoten [MS. gesceoten] hæbbe

    the money which I have paid for her honour,

    • Th. Diplm. 558, 19
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  • Ðú nást hwám hit [wela] gescýt

    thou knowest not to whom it [wealth] shall fall,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 104, 9
      • .

  • Hit gescítt to his dǽle

    it shall fall to his share,

    • Ex. 29, 26

  • Híg gesceótaþ [MS. gesceataþ] to Aarones dǽle and his suna écre lage fram Israhéla bearnum

    cedent in partem Aaron et filiorum ejus jure perpetuo a filiis Israel,

    • 29, 28
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  • Ðeáh sumum men gesceóte læsse dǽl

    though a less part be allotted to one man,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 272, 2
      • :
    • Jos. 9, 7
      • .
to bring before or refer to any one; referre ad aliquem
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  • We lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu ðe betweóx preostan sí, ne beó gescoten to worldmanna sóme

    we enjoin that no dispute that be between priests be referred to the adjustment of secular men,

    • L. Edg. C. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 246, 4
      • .
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v.  ge-stoten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceótan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15875.

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