Tó-sceótan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - tó-sceótan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

Met. 27, 19,

tó-sceótan
is rather to be taken under sceótan. The passage is:--Ungesǽlge men deáþ ǽr willaþ foran tó sciótan = tóforan sceótan anticipate, rush in front of; cf. ða ungesǽligan menn forsceótaþ deáþ foran, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 3; and see passages under foran, foran-tó. to-sceotan
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