p. ode To shred, cut up or off, pare, (of trees) to prune:--Búton ða láreówas screádian ða leahtras þurh heora láre áweg, ne biþ ðæt lǽwede folc wæstmbǽre, Homl. Th. ii. 74, 16. Ðá hét hé (Herod) him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne (cf. æppelscreáda quisquiliae) ǽnne æppel, i. 88, 9. [He (Herod) badd himm brinngenn ænne cnif An appell forr to shrædenn. Orm. 8118. Scradieð eower sceldes al of þe smal enden, Laym. 5866. Wortes or othere herbes . . . she shredde and seeth, Chauc. Cl. T. 227. Cf. He shred (concidit) the wild gourds into the pot of pottage, 2 Kings isarculo, sarmento; schredyn wortys or oþer herbys detirso, Prompt. ParO. Du. schrooden: O. H. Ger. scrótan ; p. screot demere, tondere: Ger. schroten to cut, gnaw.] and next word. screadian