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ge-sceot

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-sceot, -scot, es; n.
the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart
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  • Nim ðín gesceot ðínne cocur and ðínne bogan

    take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,

    • Gen, 27, 3
      • .

  • Ðú of heofenum dóm mid gescote sendest

    de cælo judicium jaculatum est,

    • Ps. Th. 75, 6
      • .

  • Ðǽr forwearþ micel Alexandres heres for geǽtredum gescotum

    there much of Alexander's army perished by poisoned arrows,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Bos. 68, 38
      • .
[
O. H. Ger. gaseoz jaculum
:
Ger. geschoss
.]
an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute [cf. Ger. vorschiessen]
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v. corn-, Róm-gesceot.
a part of a building shut off from the rest
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[v. Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. skot, III ; and cf. Ger. geschoss story of a house]
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  • Gesceot bæftan ðæm heáhweofode

    propitiatorium, vel sanctum sanctorum, vel secretarium, vel pastoforum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 109
      • ;
    • Som. 79, 26
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 59, 1
      • .
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v. selegesceot.
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v.  scot ge-sceót ge-scot.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceot.” 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/15873.

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