A-sceádan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-sceádan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -scádan; Related words: a.

Definitions

1 a-sceádan

p. -scéd, pl. -scédon; pp. -sceáden, -scáden; [a from, sceádan to divide] To separate, disjoin, exclude, distinguish; separare, segregare :-- Ic mec ascéd ðara scylda I separated myself from the guilt, Elen. Kmbl. 937; El. 470: 2623; El. 1313. And he hine from nýtenum ascéd and he distinguished him from beasts, L. E. I. 23; Th. ii. 420, 8. Hí of ciricean gemánan ascádene síen they from the church communion shall be excluded, L. Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 19. Ðæt eálond is feor asceáden fram Hibernia insula ab Hibernia procul secreta est, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 40. a-sceadan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᚳᛖᚪᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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