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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skaþō. Cognate with Old Saxon skaðo (Middle Low German scade), Dutch schade, Old High German skado (German Schaden), Old Norse skaði (Swedish skada).
Pronunciation
Noun
sċeaþa m
- one who injures; enemy, ravager, robber
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...- It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...
- (heroic) warrior
- (rare) injury
Declension
Declension of sċeaþa (weak)
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