scytta
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)