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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scotung

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1 scotung

f. I. shooting:--Wunda ðe ða wælhreówan hǽðenan mid gelómre scotunge on his líce macodon, Th. An. 123, 33. II. what is shot, a missile:--Hí synt scotunga oððe flána ipsi sunt jacula, Ps. Lamb. 54, 22. Sceotunga, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 24. Scotunge ðíne jacula tua, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 15. Hé wæs biset mid heora scotungum swylce ýles byrsta, Th. An. 122, 17. Wið ðám scotungum ðara werigra gásta hé hine mid gástlícum wǽpnum gescylde, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 5. For ðæs fýres sceotungum on account of the flashes of lightning, Lchdm. iii. 280, 15.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚩᛏᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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