sceaþa – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of sceaþa

Noun: sceaþa
Gender:

Nominative

Singularsċeaþa
Pluralsċeaþan

Genitive

Singularsċeaþan
Pluralsċeaþena

Dative

Singularsċeaþan
Pluralsċeaþum

Accusative

Singularsċeaþan
Pluralsċeaþan

Sample Sentences

  • 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...)

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). See: Dutch Nouns 'schade', German Nouns 'Schaden', Old Norse Nouns 'skaði', Swedish Nouns 'skada'.

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