schadowe

Middle English

Alternative forms

schadwe, schadow, schadewe, shadewe, schado, shadow, schadou, schaddo

Etymology

From Old English sċeaduwe, accusative of sċeadu, from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz. Compare schade, directly from the nominative form of sċeadu. .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃadɔu/, /ˈʃadwə/, /ˈʃadəw(ə)/

Noun

schadowe (plural schadowes)

Descendants

English: shadow
Scots: shadow, schaddow, scaddow

References

“shadwe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.

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