On-scyte

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

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on-scyte

m. I. an attack, assault:--Salomon ðæt mǽre hús Godu betǽhte, him and his folce tó gescyldnysse wið ǽlces yfeles onscyte as a protection against the assault of every evil, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 23. II. an attack in words, a calumny, backbiting:--Mǽst ǽlc óðrum derede wordes and dǽde; and húru unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan [and mid wróhtlácan, MS. E.], Wulfst. 160, 5. For ídelan onscytan hý scamaþ, ðæt hý bétan heora misdǽda, 165, 7. on-scyte