Scyhtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scyhtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: scýan. scyhtan

Definitions

1 scyhtan

p. te To instigate, prompt, urge:--Mé nædre beswác and mé neódlíce tó forsceape scyhte and tó scyldfrece, Cd. Th. 55, 22; Gen. 808. Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte, Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98. [We schuchteð hine ueor awei hwon we doð deadliche sunne, A. R. 312, 10, MS. C.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚣᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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