Be-sceótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-sceótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he -sceóteþ, -scýt; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-sceótan

p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten To shoot into, inject, precipitate one's self, to be sent, go; injicere, se præcipitare, mitti, ire :-- Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht in to ðámmen nunquam diabolus tam pravas cogitationes in hominem injicit, Alb. resp. 40. Curtius besceát Curtius se præcipitavit, Ors. 3, 3; Bos. 56, 5. Ðæt hí on grúnd ne bescuton ut in abyssum ne irent, Lk. Bos. 8, 31. be-sceotan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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