Under-sceótan

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under-sceótan

p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten. I. to move to a place beneath, to intercept :-- His (the moon's) trendel underscýt ðære (ða, MS. R.) sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 20. II. to under-prop, support :-- Hí ne beóð mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes nullis fulti virtutibus, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 17. Cf. under-stingan. under-sceotan