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scort

  • adjective
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Grammar
scort, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§110; §312; §426; §443;
Short.
marking the length of an object
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  • Scort sinewealt stán

    cilindrus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 35.

  • Sceort bed wið eorþan

    coma,

      41, 31.

  • Sceort scip

    naviscella,

      47, 60 : 56, 33.

  • Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne,

      Cote. MS.)
    weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 17.

  • Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran,

      MS. R.)
    sceade ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 252, 13.

  • On lxv and þreó hundræd scy[r]tran and lengran ða ǽdron beóþ tódǽlede,

      146, 6.
marking height,
not tall
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  • Hé

    (Zacchaeus)

    wæs scort on wæstme.
      Homl. Th. i. 580, 30.
of time,
of a period of time
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  • Tó scortre hwíle

    for a short time,

      Past. 36, 6 ; Swt. 255, 11.

  • Ðæt wé sceolan on ðisse sceortan tíde geearnian éce ræste,

      Blickl. Homl. 83, 2.

  • Ðú ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída,

      Bt. 4 ; Fox 8, 4.

  • Sceorta,

      Met. 4, 20.
  • Nis nǽnig mon ðe wite hwæðer ðis þúsend sceole beón scyrtre ðe lengre. Blickl. Homl. 119, 6.
  • Dagas ne synd náðor ne længran ne scyrtran ðonne hí æt fruman wǽran, Lchdm iii. 252, 19.

  • Se mónaþ

    (February)

    is ealra scyrtost (scyrtst,
      MSS. P. M. : scirtst, MS. L.), 264, 8.
  • Scyrtest, Anglia viii. 306, 8.
marking duration,
short-lived, brief
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  • Ðeáh se hlísa ðara foremǽrena monna hwílum lang sié, hé biþ ðeáh swíðe scort tó metanne wið ðone ðe nǽfre ne geendaþ. Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 66, 18.

  • Hú ne biþ simle ðæt lange yfel wyrse ðonne ðæt scorte,

      38, 2 ; Fox 198, 12.
  • Ðæt wuldor ðysses middangeardes is sceort and gewítende. Blickl. Homl. 65, 15.
not occupying much time
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  • Hwá ne wundraþ ðætte sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft (

    an orbit that requires less time to complete)

    ðoune sume habban.
      Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 18.

  • Wé hit sæcgaþ eów on ða scortostan wísan

    we will tell it you in the briefest fashion,

      Homl. Skt. i. 4, 140.
as a grammatical term
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  • Seó forme geendung is on scortne

    a

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1 ; Zup. 32, 17.

  • Mid fíffétedum ł scertrum

    brachycataleclico,

      Hpt. Gl. 409, 27.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. scurz. Cf. Icel. skortr want.]
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v.  sceort scyrtra.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “scort.” 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/26980.

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