sceadu

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skadu.

Cognates

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑ.du/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɑ.du

Noun

sċeadu f

  1. shadow
  2. shade

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċeadu sċeadwa, sċeadwe
accusative sċeadwe sċeadwa, sċeadwe
genitive sċeadwe sċeadwa
dative sċeadwe sċeadwum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: schade, shadde, shade, scæde (Early Middle English), ssade (south West Midlands), ssed (Kent)
    • English: shade
    • Scots: shade
    • Yola: shaade

References

  1. ^ Fulk, R. D. (2014), An Introductory Grammar of Old English, ACMRS Press, page 216
  2. ^ Zettersten, Arne (1965), “schadewe (sb.)”, in Studies in the dialect and vocabulary of the Ancrene Riwle (Lund Studies in English; 34)‎[1], Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, →OCLC, page 36.
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