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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scortian

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1 scortian

p. ode. I. to get short, shorten (intrans.) :--Se dæg ðonne sceortaþ, Lchdm. iii. 250, 23. Se sceortigenda (scort-, MS. L.) dæg ... se langienda dæg, 252, 8. II. to make short (? cf. þenne cumeð þe deofel and him scorteð his daȝes, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 14. To schorte oure weie, Chauc. Prol. 791). III. to run short, fail :--Ðætte ne scortige (sceortiga, Lind.) gileófa ðín ut non deficiat fides tua, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 32. [Cf. Icel. skorta to ran short.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚩᚱᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin

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Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
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