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

1. (transitive) to separate, divide, make a line of separation between
2. (intransitive) to separate, divide, part
3. to distinguish, decide
4. to shed

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċeādan (strong class 7)

infinitive	sċeādan	sċeādenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
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

• besċeādan
• forsċeādan
• ofersċeādan
• ofsċeādan
• tōsċeādan
• āsċeādan
• ġesċeādan

 

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.