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of-sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon
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  • Wulfstán ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 1
      • ;
    • By. 77
      • .

  • Hǽþcyn his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre.

    • Beo. Th. 4870
      • ;
    • B. 2439
      • .

  • Hé hiene ne meahte ofsceótan mid ðæm bismere

    quem commovere in ipsa contumeliarum jaculatione non potuit

    • Past. 33, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 227, 9
      • .

  • Hé mid geǽttrode fláne hine ofsceótan wolde,

    • Homl. Th. i. 502, 18
      • .

  • Hé wearð ofscoten mid ánre fláne

    sagitta ictus interiit

    • Ors. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 13
      • .

  • Ðǽr wearð Leostenas mid ánre flán ofscoten

    ibi Leosthenes telo e muris jacto perfossus occiditur

    • 3, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 144, 27
      • .

  • Mid fýrenum flánum ofscotene (ofsceotene, 7),

    • Homl. Th. i. 506,1
      • .
Grammar
of-sceótan, Ofscoten
elf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it. See the Glossary and Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary elf-shot,
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-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/24351.

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