toscufan

Meaning

1. to thrust, scatter, disperse

   Efne swā hē mid wætre þone weallendan lēġ ādwǣsċe, þæt hē lenġ ne mæġ, blāc byrnende, burgum sċeððan, swā hē mid ælmessan ealle tōsċūfeð synna wunde, sāwla lācnað.

   Likewise he would quench this burning fire with water, so that it, burning bright, could no longer do harm to towns, he fully scatters wounds of sins with an alms, heals souls.

   c. 980, Almsgiving:

2. to remove

Conjugation