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scyrte

(n.)
Grammar
scyrte, (-a; m. ?), an; f.
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A short garment, skirt, kirtle Scyrtan pretexta, tunecan togae, Germ. 393, 143

-scytte

(suffix)

Similar entry: riht-scytte

scyte

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Add: the distance to which a shot will go Oþ ꝥ hé wæs fullneáh in ánes flánes scyte út fram þám lande pene ad unius sagit tae cursum a terra, Gr. D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte

scyte

(n.)
Grammar
scyte, es; m.
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shooting Hié fortendun ðæt swíðre breóst foran ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde ðæt hié hæfden ðý strengran scyte ( ne sagittarum jactus inpedirentur ), Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 13. Dryhten dǽleþ sumum wyrp oððe scyte, Exon. Th. 331, 17; Vy. 69. a shot, blow

Linked entry: wáse-scite

scýte

Similar entry: scíte

ge-scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-scyrtan, p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; v.a. [scyrt short] .

to shorten, contract, lessenabbreviare, minuereto become short, be lessened, fail

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to shorten, contract, lessen; abbreviare, minuere Ða spell ic sceal gescyrtan I must shorten the stories, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 29. Ðú his dagena tíd gescyrtest minorasti dies temporis ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 38. Gif drihten ðás dagas ne gescyrte ... he gescyrte

Linked entries: scyrtan ge-scert

scyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
scyrtan, p. te
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To make short, to shorten Gif God his hwíle ne scyrte (gescyrte, MSS. B. C.), Wulfst. 19, 9

scyran

Similar entry: sceran

scyttel

(n.)
Grammar
scyttel, scytel, es; m.
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A bar, bolt Ealle ða ísenan scyttelas helle loca wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5: 85, 7: Nicod. 27; Thw. 15, 24. Scyttelas vectes, Ps. Spl. 106, 16. Scetelas, Kent. Gl. 658

Linked entry: scytel

scylfe

Similar entry: scilfe

-scynde

(suffix)

Similar entry: un-scende

scýran

Similar entry: scíran

scyrft

(n.)
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a scraping (?); scansio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 78. Cf. sceorfan

scyrtra

(adj.)
Grammar
scyrtra, scyrtest,

Similar entry: scort

scytel

Grammar
scytel, dung.

Similar entry: scitel

scytel

(n.)
Grammar
scytel, a dart. v. scutel:
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a bolt

scytta

(n.)
Grammar
scytta, an; m. A shooter, an archer
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Sagittarius ðæt is scytta, Lchdm. iii. 246, 2. Strǽlbora and scytta arcister, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 32. Ðá gebende án scytta his bogan, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 219. On scyttan fæn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 132, 22. On scyttan mere; ðæt on scyttan dúne, 381, 11. Wulfsiges

scyrft

(n.)
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For scansio l. (?) scarsio. Cf. scarsus imminutus, Migne

scytta

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On þám elpendum upon stódon gewǽpnode scyttan ( cum armatis jactatoribus), Nar. 4, 16. Add

scyttel

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Se scyttel (scyttels, v. l. ) ásceát of þǽre fetere, Hml. S. 21, 419. Hé þá cyrican beleác and mid scyttelum (scyttelsum, v. l.) besceát . . . wurdon þá scyttelas onweg áworpene ecclesiam clausit, seris munivit. . . abjectis seris, Gr. D. 234, 18-25.