scead

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæ͜ɑːd/
• IPA^(key): /ʃɑːd/

Noun

sċēad

1. shade
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

     Ūre eorðlīċe nyht soðlīċe cymð þurh ðǣre eorðan sċeade, þonne sēo sunne gǣð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan, þonne bȳð ðǣre eorðan brādnys betweox us ⁊ þǣre sunnan wē hyre lēoman lyhtinge nabbað, oð ðæt hēo eft on ōþerne ende up āstihð.

     Our Earthly night only comes through the shade of the Earth in the evening when the sun goes under the Earth. When the extent of the Earth is between us and the sun, we do not have the illumination of its shine until it comes up over the other end.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċēad	sċēadu
accusative	sċēad	sċēadu
genitive	sċēades	sċēada
dative	sċēade	sċēadum

Verb

sċēad

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sċeādan

Verb

sċeād

1. singular imperative of sċeādan