Old English · noun

sceada

Normalised sċēada

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈʃæ͜ɑː.dɑ/
Syllables: ˈʃæ͜ɑː · dɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: shed parting

Meaning

a parting of the hair
the top of the head

Declension

Declension of sceada
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċēada	sċēadan
Accusative	sċēadan	sċēadan
Genitive	sċēadan	sċēadena
Dative	sċēadan	sċēadum

Etymology

Origin obscure. Possibly from an earlier *scēadel, *scǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *skaidilu (“part in the hair, crown, summit”); if so, then cognate with Old Dutch skēthila, Old High German sceitila, skeitila. Otherwise, equivalent to sċēadan + -a. In any case, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, part, separate, divide”).

Descendants

shed

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