Of-scotian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-scotian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: preceding word. of-scotian

Definitions

1 of-scotian

to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc. :-- Hé hét hine mid strǽlum ofscotian, ðæt hé wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 8. Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis, Ex. 19, 13. Mid flánum ofscotod and mid stánum oftorfod sagittis, saxis contriti, Ors. 4, 11 ; Swt. 206, 14.

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᛋᚳᚩᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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