Old English · noun

sceadu

Normalised sċeadu

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong wō/ō-stem
IPA: /ˈʃɑ.du/
Syllables: ˈʃɑ · du (2 syllables)
Modern English: shadow shade

Meaning

shadow
shade

Declension

Declension of sceadu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċeadu	sċeadwa sċeadwe sċeada sċeade sċeaduwa sċeaduwe
Accusative	sċeadwe sċeade sċeaduwe	sċeadwa sċeadwe sċeada sċeade sċeaduwa sċeaduwe
Genitive	sċeadwe sċeade sċeaduwe	sċeadwa sċeada sċeaduwa
Dative	sċeadwe sċeade sċeaduwe	sċeadwum sċeadum sċeaduwum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skadu. Cognates Cognate with Old High German scato (German Schatten), Old Saxon skado, Old Dutch scado (Dutch schaduw), Gothic (skadus), Icelandic skodda. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos), Proto-Celtic *skāton (Irish scáth, Breton squeut).

Descendants

shade, shadow

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