sceadu

Old English

From Proto-Germanic *skadwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skotwōs. Cognate with Old High German scato (German Schatten), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos), Proto-Celtic *skāton (Irish scáth, Breton squeut).

sċeadu f

shadow, darkness
- Beowulf
  -- þæt wæs yldum cúþ / þæt híe ne móste þá metod nolde / se synscaþa under sceadu bregdan --
  'Mid earthmen 'twas 'stablished, / Th' implacable foeman was powerless to hurl them / To the land of shadows, if the Lord were unwilling
protection

Declension of sceadu (strong ō-stem)

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

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