scytta

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuttjō, from Proto-Germanic *skutjô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃyt.tɑ/

Noun

sċytta m

  1. 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.

Declension
Declension of scytta (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċytta sċyttan
accusative sċyttan sċyttan
genitive sċyttan sċyttena
dative sċyttan sċyttum

Synonyms
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