tosceadan

Meaning

1. to divide into two; to separate one thing from another (+ on tū)

   Nēah ðam sǣ ðe Engla land and Pehta land tōscēadeþ.

   Near to the sea which separates England from Pictland.

   1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

2. to divide into parties; to cause division

3. to separate (such as contending parties); to judge or decide between

4. to make a distinction; to distinguish between; to treat or look upon differently

5. to separate one thing from another

6. to separate with the mind; to discern, discriminate, or distinguish

7. to separate things from another; to order, dispose, appoint

8. to separate the parts of a confused whole; to expound, interpret, or render intelligible

9. to send in different directions; to scatter or disperse

10. to be separated; to differ

    His līf tōscēd fram ūssa tīda āswundenesse.

    His life differed from our time's slothfulness.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

Conjugation