scytta

From West Germanic *skuttjō [ˈskutʲ.tʲoː] (“shooter, archer”), from Proto-Germanic *skutjô. Cognate with Old High German scuzzo (German Schütze), Icelandic skyti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃyt.tɑ/

sċytta m

1. shooter

   Ne mage wē ġīet þone sċyttan oncnāwan.

   We are not yet able to identify the shooter.

2. archer
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā ġebende ān sċytta sōna his bogan and āsċēat ānne flān, and ātǣsde þone cyning betwux 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 fight.

• strǣlbora

• Sċytta (“Sagittarius”)