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sceád

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
sceád, scád, es; n.
Shed (in water-shed), a division, distinction, reason, reckoning
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  • Ðú scealt gyldan scád wordum

    thou shalt give an account (of thine actions) in words,

      Dóm. L. 73.
Etymology
[Haueð wit and schad bituhhe god and uuel, O. E. Homl. i. 255, 30. Snæd and skill, Orm. 5534. Niss bitwenen ȝutmc and hemm nan snæd i manness kinde, 6229, Schead ba of god and of uvel, Kath. 240. O. L. Ger. scéth discrimen: O. H. Ger. sceit discissio.]
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v. ge-, tó-, unge-sceád.
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