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þurh-sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to shoot through, transfix, pierce
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  • Þurhscét

    transfigat,

    • Hpt. Gl. 526, 3.
  • Hé his byrnsweord getýhþ, and ða líchoman þurh-sceóteþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.
  • Ðǽr wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán ... hé þurh ðæt folc geþrang ðæt hé ðone ilcan ofslóg ðe hiene ǽr þurhsceát

    in eo praelio sagitta trajectus eatenus pugnavit, donec eum, a quo vulneratus esset, occideret,

    • Ors. 3, 9
    • ;
    • Swt. 134, 22-27.
  • Besyrian ðone earman and þurhsceótan ða unscæðfullan heortan,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 13.
  • Ðá wurdon hí mid deófles flán þurhscotene,

    • Homl. Th. i. 62, 28.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. thruch-skiata
:
O. H. Ger. durh-sciozan.
]
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