Fór-scyttan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fór-scyttan

p. -scytte, pl. -scytton; pp. -scytted To shoot before, prevent; prævĕnīre :-- Hí heófodon folces synna, and heora wrace on him sylfum fórscytton they bewailed the people's sins, and prevented their punishment on themselves, Homl. Th. i. 540, 31. Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34. DER. scyttan. for-scyttan