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sceadu
sceadu
Old English
Noun
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
- -- þæt wæs yldum cúþ / þæt híe ne móste þá metod nolde / se synscaþa under sceadu bregdan --
- Beowulf
- protection
Declension
Declension of sceadu (strong ō-stem)