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tó-scúfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-scúfan, p. -sceáf
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
To thrust in different directions, thrust aside, scatter, disperse,
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  • Se ðone líg tósceáf hátan fýres,

      Cd. Th.237, 20; Dan. 340: Exon. Th. 189, 6; Az. 55.
  • Engel ðæt fýr tósceáf,

      276, 11; Jul. 564.
figurative,
to do away, remove
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  • Hé mid ælmes-san ealle tóscúfeþ synna wonde,

      Exon. Th. 467, 28; Aim. 8.
  • Tósceáf (-sceóf, Rush. ) ða mæhtigo of sedle

    deposuit potentes de sede.

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 1. 52.
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  • tó-scúfan, v.