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scotian

  • verb [ weak ]
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scotian, sceotian ; p. ode.
to shoot a person with a weapon
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  • Hwá sceotaþ ðæt deófol mid weallendum strǽlum ? Se Pater Noster sceotaþ ðæt deófol,

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 148, 1-3.

  • Hí scotiaþ hine

    sagittabunt eum,

      Ps. Lamb. 63, 6:

  • Wé mid strǽlum hié scotodon

      , Nar. 22, 18.

  • Ðæt hý scotien rihtheortan,

      Ps. Spl. 10, 2.

  • Hí unscyldige mid bogan scotian þenceaþ

    ut sagittent immaculatum,

      Ps. Th. 63, 3.
  • Eú scealt mid hálgum Godes wordum ðínne feónd sceotian, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 7.

  • Hý wǽron mid strǽlum scotode,

      Shrn. 135, 29.
to shoot a weapon at a person,
to hurl
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  • Ðæt yrre hys spere scotaþ ongeán ðæt geþyld ira lanceam suam iacit contra patientiam, Gl. Prud. 20 a. Drihten lígetas sceotaþ

    Dominus jaculatur fulgura,

      Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 22.
  • Hé sceotaþ his flán and his scearpe spere ongeán his wiðerwinnan, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 5.

  • Of heofene dóm scotad is,

      Ps. Surt. 75, 9.
to shoot (intrans.)
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  • Hí hine scearpum strélum on scotiaþ,

      Ps. Th. 63, 4.

  • Gif ðé man scotaþ tó,

      Homl. Th. ii. 538, 10.

  • Scotiaþ scríðende scín scearpum wǽpnum,

      Exon. Th. 385, 28; Rä. 4, 51.

  • Mid ðám strǽlum ðæs hálgan sealmsanges hé wið ðám áwerigedum gástum sceotode,

      Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 12.

  • Sume scotedon mid arewan tóweard ðám háligdóme. . . . Hí scotedon swíðe,

      Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 19-25.
to shoot, move rapidly
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  • Steorran fóran swýðe scotienda [cf.

    O. H. Ger. diu scozonten fiur (a shooting star )

    ], 744; Erl. 49, 2.
Etymology
[Laym. scotien (mid flan).]
Similar entries
v. of-scotian.
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v.  sceotian scotung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “scotian.” 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/26990.

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