Old English · adjective
gescead
Normalised ġesċēad
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈʃæ͜ɑːd//jeˈʃɑːd/
- Syllables
- je · ˈʃæ͜ɑːd (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- reasonablereasoncalculateddiscreetfacultysheddistinctionfixed
gescead1 · adjective
Senses
-
reasonable
-
discreet
-
calculated, fixed
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġesċēad | ġesċēad | ġesċēad |
| Accusative | ġesċēadne | ġesċēade | ġesċēad |
| Genitive | ġesċēades | ġesċēadre | ġesċēades |
| Dative | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadre | ġesċēadum |
| Instrumental | ġesċēade | ġesċēadre | ġesċēade |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġesċēade | ġesċēadaġesċēade | ġesċēad |
| Accusative | ġesċēade | ġesċēadaġesċēade | ġesċēad |
| Genitive | ġesċēadra | ġesċēadra | ġesċēadra |
| Dative | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum |
| Instrumental | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġesċēada | ġesċēade | ġesċēade |
| Accusative | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan | ġesċēade |
| Genitive | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan |
| Dative | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan |
| Instrumental | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan |
| Accusative | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan | ġesċēadan |
| Genitive | ġesċēadraġesċēadena | ġesċēadraġesċēadena | ġesċēadraġesċēadena |
| Dative | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum |
| Instrumental | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum | ġesċēadum |
gescead2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
reason (a reason or the faculty of reason)
Nū onġinþ ūre ġerīm on þissum dæġe (æfter Rōmānisċre ġesetnesse) for nānum godcundlīcum ġesċeāde, ac for þām ealdan ġewunan.
Our calendar begins on this day (following the Roman system) not for any religious reason, but because of tradition.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord" -
distinction
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (10)
Etymology
ge- + sceadan (“to distinguish, separate, decide”)
Descendants
shed
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