scytta
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *skuttjō, from Proto-Germanic *skutjô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sċytta m
- shooter, archer
- c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Þā ġebende ān sċytta sōna his bogan and āsċēat ānne flān, and ātǣsde þone cyning betwēox þǣre lungenne, þæt hē feallende swealt on þām ġefeohte ǣrest.
- Just then an archer bent his bow and let one arrow fly, and tore the king between his lungs so he fell dead—the first of the battle.
- c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension[edit]
Declension of scytta (weak)
Synonyms[edit]
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