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scortian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
scortian, p. ode.
to get short, shorten (intrans.)
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  • Se dæg ðonne sceortaþ,

      Lchdm. iii. 250, 23.
  • Se sceortigenda (scort-,

      MS. L.) dæg ... se langienda dæg, 252, 8.
to make short (? cf. þenne cumeð þe deofel and him scorteð his daȝes,
    O. E. Homl. i. 25, 14. To schorte oure weie, Chauc. Prol. 791).
to run short, fail
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  • Ðætte ne scortige (sceortiga, Lind.) gileófa ðín

    ut non deficiat fides tua,

      Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 32.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. skorta to ran short.]
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v. a-, ge-, on*-*sceortian ; scyrtan.
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