pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre :-- Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand, Bt. 39, 1; Fox 212, 3. Fórscýt ðæt hwílendlíce wíte ða écan geniðerunge the transient punishment will prevent eternal damnation, Homl. Th. i. 576, 2. Mín God fórscýt [MS. forscytte] oððe fórestepþ me Deus meus prævĕniet me, Ps. Lamb. 58, 11. [Ger. vor-schiessen.] for-sceotan