Fór-sceótan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fór-sceótan

l. for-sceótan to rush in the way of, prevent, stop :-- Ðá Petrus wolde befrínan þone Hǽlend, þá forsceát se Hǽlend hine, Hml. Th. i. 510, 31. Ðéh sió díc forscoten wǽre, C. D. iii. 168, 35. Cf. for-scít[e], -scyttan, -scytlic. for-sceotan