gescead

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ġesċād === Etymology === ge- +‎ sceadan (“to distinguish, separate, decide”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈʃæ͜ɑːd/, /jeˈʃɑːd/ === Noun === ġesċēad n reason (a reason or the faculty of reason) late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord" late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord" c. 992, Ælfric, "THE ANNUNCIATION OF ST. MARY." distinction ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sched, schode, schede (conflated with sċeāda) English: shed (dialectal shode) Scots: shed === Adjective === ġesċēad reasonable discreet calculated, fixed ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ġesċēadlīċ ġesċēadlīċe unġesċēad === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gescead”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.