Ge-scyrtan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-scyrtan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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