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sceadu

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§51; §57; §264; §266; §312; §380;
Add: [In Ps. L. 108, 23 a weak form, sceaduwe, seems to be used: sceaduwa in 143, 4, though glossing umbra, is probably plural.]
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  • Swá swá sceaduwe þonne heó áhyldeþ

    sicut umbra cum declinat,

      Ps. L. 108, 23.

  • Dægas his swá swá sceaduwa forðgewítað dies eius sicut umbra praterunt, 143, 4. I a. fig. :-- Oferwreáh dúna his scadu

    operuit montes umbra eius,

      Ps. L. 79, 11.
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  • On middle sceadue deáþes, Ps. L. 22, 4. II a.

    destructive influence

    :--Ðonne hé mid dǽre sceade his slǽwðe oferbrǽt ðá scíre þe hé hæfð,
      Past. 336, 14.
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  • On scadue fiðera þínra,

      Ps. L. 56, 1. IV a. [that which takes place in a shady place. v. An. Ox. 2885, note
    ], a scene: — Gereónedes gyltes sceade geypte

    concinnati sceleris scenam prodidit,

      An. Ox. 2920.
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shadow as opposed to reality
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  • Tócumendre sóþfæstnesse seó scadu áblann

    adueniente ueritate umbra cessauit,

      An. Ox. 40, 15.

  • Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce scadu and getácnung; Crístes bodung is sódfæstnys,

      Hml. Th. ii. 56, 18.
a shadow, shade, unsubstantial appearance
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  • Þá wearð þǽr æteówod án atelic sceadu on sweartum híwe, and sǽde þæt hé wǽre for stale ofslegen,

      Hml. Th. ii. 508, 1.

  • Hé geseah þǽr standan áne atelice sceade,

      Hml. S. 31, 357. v. sunu-, swín-sceadu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sceadu.” 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/57641.

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