1 under-sceótan
p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten. I. to move to a place beneath, to intercept :-- His (the moon's) trendel underscýt ðære (ða, MS. R.) sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 20. II. to under-prop, support :-- Hí ne beóð mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes nullis fulti virtutibus, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 17. Cf. under-stingan. under-sceotan