tosceadan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === tōscādan === Etymology === Equivalent to tō- +‎ sceādan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːˈʃɑː.dɑn/ IPA(key): /toːˈʃæ͜ɑː.dɑn/ === Verb === tōsċeādan or tōsċēadan (transitive, literal) to divide into two; to separate one thing from another (+ on tū) (transitive, figurative) to divide into parties; to cause division to separate (such as contending parties); to judge or decide between to make a distinction; to distinguish between; to treat or look upon differently to separate one thing from another to separate with the mind; to discern, discriminate, or distinguish to separate things from another; to order, dispose, appoint to separate the parts of a confused whole; to expound, interpret, or render intelligible to send in different directions; to scatter or disperse (intransitive) to be separated; to differ ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: toscheden, toschede, to schede, to scheden, to shædenn, to sheden === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tosceadan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.