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Anglo-Saxon

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á-scyndan

to drive away

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Add: to drive away Drihten hí ealle mid gebeáte út áscynde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 8

be-scyran

(v.)

to shave

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to shave L. Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9, MSS. B. H

Linked entry: be-scyre

ge-scýfan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scýfan, pp. -scyfen

To eject ⬩ ejicere

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To eject; ejicere, Mt. Kmbl. p. 16, 4

ge-scýfan

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Dele, and see ge-scúfan

riht-scytte

(adj.)
Grammar
riht-scytte, adj.

Sure of aim?/

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Sure of aim?/ Sum biþ ryhtscytte sum leóþa gleáw, sum on londe snel, Exon. Th. 296, 15 ; Crä. 51

Linked entry: -scytte

a-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
a-sceótan, he -scýt, -scýtt; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten [a, sceótan to shoot]

To shoot forth ⬩ shoot ⬩ shoot out ⬩ fall ⬩ jaculari ⬩ cum impetu erumpere

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To shoot forth, shoot, shoot out, fall; jaculari, cum impetu erumpere Hie ne mehton from him nǽnne flán asceótan they could not shoot an arrow from them, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 132, 8. Ne ascýtt Sennacherib flán into ðære byrig Hierusalem Sennacherib shall

Linked entry: a-scuton

scota

(n.)
Grammar
scota, an ; m.
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Cf. scytta

strǽl-bora

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl-bora, an ; m.
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Strǽlbora and scytta, 7, 32. Strǽlbora, 55

scytere

(n.)
Grammar
scytere, es; m.
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Cf. scytta

á-tǽsan

(v.)
Grammar
á-tǽsan, p.de

To tear with a weapon

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To tear with a weapon (lit. or fig. ) Án scytta ásceát áne flán and átǽsde ðone cyning betwux þǽre lungene, Hml. S. 18, 221. Gif ðú wǽre on fell scoten oððe ... on flǽsc ... oððe ... on lið, nǽfre ne sý ðín líf átǽsed, Lch. iii. 54, 8.

á-sceótan

(v.)
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Th. ii. 350, 32. trans. of motion, to shoot a missile Án scytta áscét ána flán, Hml. S. 18, 220. Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta est, Gr.

un-gewiss

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiss, es; n.

uncertainty ⬩ ignorance ⬩ unconsciousness ⬩ in ignorance ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ unconsciously ⬩ unwittingly ⬩ what is uncertain or unknown ⬩ incertum ⬩ ignominia

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Ðonne hé of unwísdóme and ungewisses oððe ungewealdes gesyngaþ cum solo ignorantia delinquitur, 21; Swt. 157, 25. what is uncertain or unknown; incertum Ðá gebende án scytta his bogan and áscét ána flán swylce on ungewis (cf. O. H.

Linked entries: ge-wis on-gewiss

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top

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On ðám ufan stódon scyttan, Nar. 4, 15. On ðam seáðe ufan hé hús getimbrode, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 9. Ðá gefeóll hé on his earm ufan, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 2

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

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