Ge-scyrtan
Dicionário Anglo-Saxónico de Inglês Antigo de Bosworth & Toller - ge-scyrtan
De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:
- ge-scyrtan
- p. -scyrte; pp. -scyrted, -scyrt; [scyrt short]. I. to shorten, contract, lessen; abbreviare, minuere : Ða spell ic sceal gescyrtan I must shorten the stories, Ors. 1, 8; Bos. 31, 29. Ðú his dagena tíd gescyrtest minorasti dies temporis ejus, Ps. Th. 88, 38. Gif drihten ðás dagas ne gescyrte ... he gescyrte ða dagas nisi breviasset dies ... breviavit dies, Mk. Bos. 13, 20. Búton ða dagas gescyrte wǽron ... ða dagas beóþ gescyrte, Mt. Bos. 24, 22. Heáp wæs gescyrted the crowd was diminished, Elen. Kmbl. 282; El. 141. II. to become short, be lessened, fail :-- Ðætte gescyrte deficere, Jn. Skt. p. 3, 12: Lind. 2, 3. ge-scyrtan