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scyhtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scyhtan, p. te
To instigate, prompt, urge
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  • Mé nædre beswác and mé neódlíce tó forsceape scyhte and tó scyldfrece,

      Cd. Th. 55, 22; Gen. 808.
  • Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte,

      Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98.
Etymology
[We schuchteð hine ueor awei hwon we doð deadliche sunne, A. R. 312, 10, MS. C.]
Similar entries
v. scýan.
Linked entries
v.  á-scyhtan.
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