Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

tó-sceád

  • noun [ neuter ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
tó-sceád, es; n.
a separating, distinguishing, distinction
Show examples

  • Ne sié fram abbode háda tósceád on mynstre gehealden

    non ab abbate persona in monasterio discernatur,

      R. Ben. 12. 7.

  • Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde

    cum magna examinis discussione,

    Anglia xiii.
      375, 141.
the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind,
discrimination, discerning
Show examples

  • Se Hálga Gást sylþ his gife ðám ðe hé wile. Sumum men hé forgifþ wítegunge, sumum tósceád gódra gásta and yfelra (

    to one is given by the Spirit prophecy; to another discerning of spirits

    (discretio spirituum), 1
      Cor. 12, 10), Homl. Th. i. 322, 27.
difference, diversity
Show examples

  • Hú micel scyle bión ðæt tósceád & hú mislíce mon scyle menn lǽran mid ðæm cræfte ðæs láreówdómes

    quanta debet esse diversitas in arte praedicationis,

      Past. 23; Swt. 173, 12.

  • Biþ tósceád, swá swá se apostol sǽde:

    'Stella ab stella differt in claritate,'

      Homl. Ass. 43, 486.

  • Betwuh ðám þrím is swíþe micel tósceád,

      Bt. 42; Fox 256, 21.

  • Dó sum tósceád betwuh mé and unrihtwísum folce

    discerne causam meam de gente non sancta,

      Ps. Th. 42, 1.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-sceád.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30829.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • tó-sceád, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.