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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

  1. 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

Declension of scead
SingularPlural
Nominative sċeadsċeadu
Accusative sċeadsċeadu
Genitive sċeadessċeada
Dative sċeadesċeadum

scead2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sċeādan

  2. Inflected form of sċeādan

scead3 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. singular imperative of sċeādan

  2. 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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