fór-scyttan
- verb [ weak ]
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Hí heófodon folces synna, and heora wrace on him sylfum fórscytton
they bewailed the people's sins, and prevented their punishment on themselves,
- Homl. Th. i. 540, 31.
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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ
that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail,
- Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34.
Bosworth, Joseph. “fór-scyttan.” 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/11679.
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