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scyte

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scyte, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
shooting
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  • Hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte (

    ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur

    ),
      Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 13.
  • Dryhten dǽleþ sumum wyrp oððe scyte,

      Exon. Th. 331, 17; Vy. 69.
a shot, blow
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  • Scytum

    ictibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 478, 76.
what is shot or
thrown, a javelin, dart
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  • Scytas

    iacula,

      Lchdm. i. lxix, 9.
Etymology
[He þene scute biberh, Laym. 1461. Mid scute of eien, A. R. 60, 16. Wið þe schute wite heo hire, 62, l. An carpenter that sset the ssute, R. Glouc. 537, 4. O. Frs. sket: O. H. Ger. scuz jactus.]
Similar entries
v. on-, under-, út-, wæter-scyte.
Linked entries
v.  wáse-scite.
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  • scyte, n.