Tó-scúfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-scúfan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 tó-scúfan

p. -sceáf To thrust in different directions, thrust aside, scatter, disperse, (1) literal:--Se ðone líg tósceáf hátan fýres, Cd. Th.237, 20; Dan. 340: Exon. Th. 189, 6; Az. 55. Engel ðæt fýr tósceáf, 276, 11; Jul. 564. (2) figurative, to do away, remove :-- Hé mid ælmes-san ealle tóscúfeþ synna wonde, Exon. Th. 467, 28; Aim. 8. Tósceáf (-sceóf, Rush. ) ða mæhtigo of sedle deposuit potentes de sede. Lk. Skt. Lind. 1. 52. to-scufan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛋᚳᚢᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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