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tó-sceótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton
To rush in different directions, to disperse (intrans.) hurriedly, scatter
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  • Tóscutan

    dissiliunt,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 9.
  • Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas

    dispersi sunt spiritus infesti,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is
    this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.
  • Ðá wǽron ða munecas swíðe áférede, nyston hwet heom tó dónne wǽre, ac tóscuton; sume urnon intó cyrcean,

      Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 12.
Etymology
[Þe snell toshett (burst asunder) on þe schire ground. Whan it cofli tooclef þer crep oute an addre, Alis. (Skt.) 1008.]
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