- scéotan
- \scéotan 1 sv/t2 3rd pres scíeteþ past scéat/scuton ptp gescoten 1. to shoot, (a) hurl a missile, cast a missile, w.a. of missiles; hé scéat his spere ongéan þæt geþyld; (b) sv/i2 to shoot; 2. to shoot an object; hit an object with a missile, strike; 2a. where the weapon is the subject; se strǽl scéat, þæt hé sóna déad wæs the missile shot, so that he was soon dead; 3. to shoot, make an object move rapidly, push (as in to shoot a bolt), thrust; 3a. to give a person help in escaping; þæt hé hine út scéote; 4. to shoot, move rapidly, dart, run, plunge, rush, press forward, (a) of living things; hé scíet innan sǽ he runs into the sea; (b) of inanimate things; þǽr scíet se Wendelsǽ úp of þǽm gársecge there runs the Mediteranean from the ocean; (c) of speech; þéah him þæt word of scute his unþances though the remark burst from him involuntarily; 5. to run (of a road, etc.); on þǽm wege þe scíet tó fealwes léa on the way that runs to a yellow meadow; 6. to refer a case to a person or court, appeal to; hé scíeteþ tó scírgemóte he refers to the shire-moot; 7. to advance money, contribute, pay; 8. to shoot (of sharp pain); 9. to allot, assign; 10. to befall, fall to, happen
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.