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sceadu

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skadu.

Cognates

Cognate with Old High German scato (German Schatten), Old Saxon skado, Old Dutch scado (Dutch schaduw), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus), Icelandic skodda. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos), Proto-Celtic *skāton (Irish scáth, Breton squeut).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑ.du/^[1]^[2]

Noun

sċeadu f

shadow
shade

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċeadu	sċeadwa, sċeadwe
accusative	sċeadwe	sċeadwa, sċeadwe
genitive	sċeadwe	sċeadwa
dative	sċeadwe	sċeadwum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: schadwe, schadewe, schado, schadou, schadowe, shadewe, shadow, shadue, schadough, schadow (Late Middle English), scaudu (West Riding)
- English: shadow
- Middle Scots: schadow, schaddow, scaddow
  - Scots: shadda, shedda

References

^ Fulk, R. D. (2014), An Introductory Grammar of Old English, ACMRS Press, page 216
^ Zettersten, Arne (1965), “schadewe (sb.)”, in Studies in the dialect and vocabulary of the Ancrene Riwle (Lund Studies in English; 34)‎^[1], Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, →OCLC, page 36.

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