Noun: sceaþa
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | sċeaþa |
| Plural | sċeaþan |
Genitive
| Singular | sċeaþan |
| Plural | sċeaþena |
Dative
| Singular | sċeaþan |
| Plural | sċeaþum |
Accusative
| Singular | sċeaþan |
| Plural | sċeaþan |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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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...)
Nouns inflected like sceaþa
scucca,
scytta,
sceaða,
sceaþa,
sceafa,
sceaga,
scanca,
scoppa,
scipwyrhta,
sculdra,
sceacga,
scildtruma,
scipflota,
scola,
scearnwibba,
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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