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sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
sceótan, p. sceát, pl. scuton, sceoton; pp. scoten.
Wright's OE grammar
§110; §135; §137; §312; §493;
to shoot,
cast a missile, with acc. of missile
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  • Ðæt yrre scýt his spere ongeán ðæt geþyld

    ira lanceam suam jacit contra patientiam,

    • Gl. Prud. 20 b
      • .

  • Ða wǽpna ðe ðæt yrre scét

    (miserat),

    • 21 b
      • .

  • Hig sceoton hyra strǽlas tó ðære hynde,

    • Shrn. 148, 6
      • .
to shoot (intrans.)
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  • Ic torfige oððe sceóte

    jacio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 38
      • ,

  • Se ðe of flánbogan fyrenum sceóteþ,

    • Beo. Th. 3493
      • ;
    • B. 1744
      • .

  • Hé hygegár léteþ, scúrum sceóteþ,

    • Exon. Th. 315, 22
      • ;
    • Mód. 35
      • .

  • Hé on bord sceát,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 46
      • ;
    • By. 270
      • .

  • Hé mid geǽttredum strǽle ongan sceótan wið ðæs ðe hé geseah ðæt hrýþer stondan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 199, 19
      • .
to shoot an object, hit an object with a missile
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  • Wyrd gást scýt, heó gár bireþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 875
      • ;
    • Sal. 437
      • .

  • Ðonne hié (the serpen) mon slóg oððe sceát,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 174, 7
      • .

  • Hé óðerne sceát.

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 67
      • ;
    • By. 143
      • .

  • Tó ðam ðæt hí mágon sceótan ða unscyldigheortan

    ut sagittent rectos corde.

    • Ps. Th. 10,
      • 2.

  • Ðǽr læg secg mænig ofer scild scoten,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112, 19.

  • Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten,

    • Lchdm. iii. 54, 4-7.
wherethe weapon is the subject
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  • Ðá ðone ilcan welegan mon se strǽl sceát, ðæt hé sóna deád wæs,

    • Blickl. Homl. 199, 23.
to shoot, make an object move rapidly, push (cf. to shoot a bolt)
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  • Ðonne man ða sulh forþ drífe, and ða forman furh on sceóte,

    • Lchdm. i. 404, 2
      • .

  • Belúcaþ ða ǽrenan gatu and tóforan on sceótaþ ða ýsenan scyttelsas,

    • Nicod. 27
      • ;
    • Thw. 15, 15
      • .

  • Hé lét dragan up ðæne deádan Harald and hine on fen sceótan,

    • Chr. 1040
      • ;
    • Erl. 166, 24
      • .
to give a person help in escaping
(
cf. Icel.skjóta einum brott, undan to let a person escape
)
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  • Gyf hine man teó ðæt hé hine (the criminal) út sceóte,

    • L. Edg. H. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 260, 9
      • .
to shoot, move rapidly, dart, run, plunge, rush,
of living things
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  • Swá swá déþ se ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépþ hé hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, and ðǽr ofer scýt,

    • Homl. Th. i. 484, 11
      • .

  • Hé scét innan sǽ

    misit se in mare,

    • Jn. Skt. 21, 7
      • .

  • Hé unscrýdde hine sylfne and scǽt into ðam mere,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 11, 211
      • .

  • Án culfre scǽt (sceát, MS. V.) of ðam fýre into ðære eá,

    • 3, 73
      • .

  • Hi ánmódlíce him tó scuton

    they ran upon him with one accord (

    • Acts vii. 57
    )

    ,
    • Homl. Th. i. 46, 34
      • :
    • 404, 4
      • :
    • ii. 496, 19
      • .

  • Seó dene wæs áfylled mid manna sáwlum ða scuton of ðam fýre into ðam cyle

    (utrumque latus erat animabus hominum plenum, quae vicissim hinc inde videbantur quasi tempestatis impetu jactari,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    )

    • 350, 10
      • .

  • Gif ðú Godes sunu sý, sceót ádún (mitte te deorsum,

    • Mt. 4, 6
    )... Ðæt wǽre swíðe gilplíc dǽd, gif Grist scute ðá ádún,

    • i. 170, 1, 21
      • .
of inanimate things
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  • On ða burnan ðe of ðam munt scýtt

    in torrentem, qui de monte descendit,

    • Deut. 9, 21
      • .

  • Ðǽr sciét se Wendelsǽ up of ðæm gársecge

    Tyrrheni maris faucibus oceani aestus immittitur,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 8, 25
      • .

  • Scýt,

    • Swt. 8, 32
      • .

  • Seó eá scýt út on ðone gársecg,

    • Swt. 14, 14
      • .

  • Ðǽr ocærburna útt scýt on sǽ,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 175, 31
      • :
    • 424, 4
      • .

  • Seó lacu út scyt,

    • 422, 14, 26
      • .

  • Ðonne ða wolcnan sceótaþ betweón hyre (the sun) and ðé,

    • Shrn. 201, 25
      • .

  • Him on gafol forlét feówer wellan scíre sceótan,

    • Exon. Th. 420, 1
      • ;
    • Rä. 39, 4
      • .
of speech
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  • Hé ðæs geanwyrde wes ætforan eallum ðám mannum ðe ðǽr gegaderode wǽron, ðeáh him ðæt word of scute his unnþances

    though the remark burst from him involuntarily,

    • Chr. 1055
      • ;
    • Erl. 189, 6
      • .
to run (of a road, etc.)
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  • On ðam wege ðe scýtt tó ðam pytte

    per viam, quae ducit ad puteum,

    • Gen. 24, 62
      • .

  • Tó ðere fyrh ðe scýt súþrihte tó ðære miclan strǽt ... Óþ ðone weg ðe scýt tó fealuwes leá ... tó ðam wege ðe scýt tó ðam hricgge,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 422, 4-19, 20, 25
      • .

  • Óþ ðæt se weall eást sciát,

    • ii. 86, 20
      • .
to refer a case to a person or court
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  • Ðus wrát Hieronimus. Gif hwá elles secge, wé sceótaþ tó him,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 306, 19
      • .

  • Ðá nolde he, bútan hit man sceóte tó scíregemóte,

    • Chart. Th. 288, 19
      • .

  • Gif preóst dóm tó lǽwedum sceóte, ðe hé tó gehádedum scolde,

    • L. N. P. L. 5
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 290, 22
      • .

  • Wé lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu ðe betweox preóstan sí ne beó gescoten tó woruldmanna sóme, ac séman heora ágene geféran, oððe sceótan tó ðam biscope,

    • L. Edg. C. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 246, 5
      • :
    • L. I. P. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 316, 36
      • .

  • Se engel andwyrde: Uton sceótan tó Godes dóme,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 338, 33
      • .
to advance money, contribute, pay (cf. scot)
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  • Hé forgeaf Middel-Sexon ðæt feoh ðæt hé heom fore sceát,

    • Chart. Th. 551, 12
      • .

  • Sceóte ǽlc gegylda ǽnne gyldsester fulne clǽnes hwǽtes,

    • 606, 6.

  • Sceóte man ælmessan,

    • Wulfst. 170, 18
      • .

  • Sceóte man æt ǽghwilcre híde pænig oððe pæniges weorð,

    • 181, 4
      • .

  • Wé cwǽdon ðæt úre ǽlc scute .iiii. pæng tó úre gemǽne þearfe ... and forgyldon ðæt yrfe ðe syððan genumen wǽre ðe wé ðæt feoh scuton,

    • L. Ath. V. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 230, 15-17
      • .
to shoot (of sharp pain)
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  • Wið sceótendum wenne,

    • Lchdm. ii. 324, 25
      • :
    • iii. 30, 3
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Frs. skiata to shoot:
O. H. Ger. sciozan jaculari, sagittare, ferire:
Icel. skjóta to shoot with a weapon (dat.); to push quickly; to refer a case to (til) another; to pay
.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, of-, óþ-, þurh-, un-, under-sceótan; scotian.
Linked entries
v.  fore fore-scét.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/26720.

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