sceadan

Old English

Alternative forms

sċādan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaiþan. Compare Old Frisian skētha, Old Saxon skēthan, Old High German skeidan, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (skaidan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑː.dɑn/, /ˈʃæ͜ɑː.dɑn/

Verb

sċeādan or sċēadan

(transitive) to separate, divide, make a line of separation between
(intransitive) to separate, divide, part
to distinguish, decide
to shed

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċeādan (strong class 7)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	sċeādan	sċeādenne
first person singular	sċeāde	sċēd, sċēad
second person singular	sċēatst	sċēde, sċēade
third person singular	sċēatt, sċēat	sċēd, sċēad
plural	sċeādaþ	sċēdon, sċēadon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċeāde	sċēde, sċēade
plural	sċeāden	sċēden, sċēaden
imperative
singular	sċeād
plural	sċeādaþ
participle	present	past
	sċeādende	(ġe)sċeāden

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: sheden, scheden, schoden
- English: shed
- Scots: sched, scheid, schade

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sceadan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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