A-sceortian

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

-scortian;

a-sceortian

p. ode; pp. od To be short, to grow short, shorten, elapse, diminish, fail; breviare, effluere :-- Ðæt wæter asceortode the water failed, Gen. 21, 15. Ten þúsend geára ascortaþ ten thousand years will elapse, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 12. a-sceortian