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ge-sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-sceótan, he -scýt, -scítt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; subj. ic, ðú, he -sceóte, pl. -sceóten; pp. -scoten.
to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to; cum impetu movere
vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus
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  • Draca hord eft gesceát, dryhtsele dyrne

    the dragon again darted to his hoard, his secret hall,

      Beo. Th. 4628; B. 2319.
  • Ðæt feoh ðe ic for hyre áre gescoten [MS. gesceoten] hæbbe

    the money which I have paid for her honour,

      Th. Diplm. 558, 19.
  • Ðú nást hwám hit [wela] gescýt

    thou knowest not to whom it [wealth] shall fall,

      Homl. Th. ii. 104, 9.
  • Hit gescítt to his dǽle it shall fall to his share, Ex. 29, 26 Híg gesceótaþ [MS. gesceataþ] to Aarones dǽle and his suna écre lage fram Israhéla bearnum

    cedent in partem Aaron et filiorum ejus jure perpetuo a filiis Israel,

      29, 28.
  • Ðeáh sumum men gesceóte læsse dǽl

    though a less part be allotted to one man,

      Homl. Th. ii. 272, 2: Jos. 9, 7.
to bring before or
refer to any one; referre ad aliquem
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  • We lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu ðe betweóx preostan sí, ne beó gescoten to worldmanna sóme

    we enjoin that no dispute that be between priests be referred to the adjustment of secular men,

      L. Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 4.
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v.  ge-stoten.
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