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Old English Dictionary Entry

Scyttan

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1 scyttan

p. te. I. to cause rapid movement, to shoot a bolt, to shut:--Ic scytte sum loc sero, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 2. II. to discharge a debt:--Ic wille ðæt man selle ðæt land et Fersafeld . . . and recna man iungere Brún án marc gol and mid ðan láue scytte man mína borgas (my loans shall be paid off), Chart. Th. 568, 19. [Schutteð þet þurl to, A. R. 96, 10. Ayenb. ssette: Piers P. shutte, shette: Wick. schitte: O. Frs. sketta to stop, close.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᚣᛏᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Frs.
Old Frisian

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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