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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skuttjō, from Proto-Germanic *skutjô.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Declension
Declension of sċytta (weak)
Synonyms