sceadian

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skadwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skotwōs. Cognate with Old Norse skyggja (“to shade, to shadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑ.di.ɑn/

Verb

sċeadian

1. to cast a shadow
2. (poetic) to sneak

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċeadian (weak class 2)

infinitive	sċeadian	sċeadienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċeadiġe	sċeadode
second person singular	sċeadast	sċeadodest
third person singular	sċeadaþ	sċeadode
plural	sċeadiaþ	sċeadodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċeadiġe	sċeadode
plural	sċeadiġen	sċeadoden
imperative
singular	sċeada
plural	sċeadiaþ
participle	present	past
	sċeadiende	(ġe)sċeadod

Derived terms

• besċeadan

Related terms

• sċeadu, sċadu (“shadow; shade”)

Descendants

• Middle English: schadwe, schadewe, schadowe, schade
  • English: shadow, shade, shed
  • Scots: scaddow, schaddow, shadow, shade, schad

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sceadian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.