Ed-sceaft

According to the Old English Dictionary:

æd-sceaft, e;

ed-sceaft

f. A new creation, new birth; regĕnĕrātio :-- Com swefnes wóma, hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód ungelíc yldum óþ edsceafte the terror of a dream came, how the world was wondrously framed unlike to men until regeneration, Cd. 177; Th. 222, 30; Dan. 112: Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 14, 16. ed-sceaft