Old English · noun
scead
Normalised sċead
- Part of speech
- noun
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ʃæ͜ɑd/
- Syllables
- ʃæ͜ɑd (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- shade
scead1 · noun
Senses
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shade
Ūre eorðlīċe nyht soðlīċe cymð þurh ðǣre eorðan sċeade, þonne sēo sunne gǣð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan, þonne bȳð ðǣre eorðan brādnys betweox us ⁊ þǣre sunnan wē hyre lēoman lyhtinge nabbað, oð ðæt hēo eft on ōþerne ende up āstihð.
Our Earthly night only comes through the shade of the Earth in the evening when the sun goes under the Earth. When the extent of the Earth is between us and the sun, we do not have the illumination of its shine until it comes up over the other end.
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
Declension · strong a-stem
scead2 · verb · inflected form
Senses
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first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sċeādan
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Inflected form of sċeādan
scead3 · verb · inflected form
Senses
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singular imperative of sċeādan
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Inflected form of sċeādan
All forms (6)
Etymology
Possibly a back-formation from sċeadu, interpreted as a neuter a-stem plural.
Descendants
shade
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