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

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċytta	sċyttan
accusative	sċyttan	sċyttan
genitive	sċyttan	sċyttena
dative	sċyttan	sċyttum

Synonyms

• sċēotend
• sċota
• strǣlbora