Scry
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early 16th century: shortening of descry.
wiktionary
From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier(“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien(“to descry”).
From Middle English ascry, ascrie, escrie, from Anglo-Norman ascri, from Old French escri.
etymonline
scry (v.)
"to see images in a crystal, water, etc., which reveal the past or forebode the future," intransitive, 1520s, a shortening of descry (v.1). Compare Middle English scrien "to describe" (mid-15c.), short for ascrien or descrien. Related: Scried; scrying; scryer.
