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á-sceótan

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To shoot, move rapidly
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  • Sió costung út ásciét (-sciéð, v. l.) on weorc

    tentatio usque ad operationem prosilit,

      Past. 71, 7.

  • Án út ásceát of weorode,

      Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 10.

  • Se scyttel ásceát of þǽre fetere,

      Hml. S. 21, 419.

  • Áscuton þá gástas of ðǽre niwelnysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 350, 32.
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of motion,
to shoot a missile
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  • Án scytta áscét ána flán,

      Hml. S. 18, 220.

  • Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs stánclifes

    ingentis saxi moles erupta est,

      Gr. D. 12, 8.
of position,
to make prominent, thrust out
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  • Se stán wæs ásceoten gecyndelíce of þám munte

    saxum naturaliter egrediens,

      Gr. D. 49, 7.
to shoot, strike an object
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  • Hí cwǽdon ꝥ se lǽce sceolde ásceótan (

    lance

    ) ꝥ geswell; þá dyde hé swá, and þǽr sáh út wyrms,
      Hml. S. 20, 63.

  • Ásceótende

    eviscerando,

      An. Ox. 46, 47.

  • Hine wearþ óþer eáge mid ánre flán út áscoten

    ictu sagittae oculum perdidit,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 15.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ar-sciozan germinare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-sceótan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38972.

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