† to-shedv.
Obsolete.
a. transitive. To separate, divide, diffuse, scatter, part; in Old English also, to discriminate, discern, distinguish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
skairc1175
skaila1400
disparklec1449
scatter?c1450
spartlec1475
sprattlea1500
distribute?c1510
disperge1530
shudderc1540
crumble1547
pour1574
sperse1580
disject1581
spatter1582
distract1589
sparflec1600
esparse1625
fan1639
disperse1654
sparge1786
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
to-dealeOE
dealc950
twemea1023
to-doOE
to-shiftc1122
brittenc1175
sunderc1230
depart1297
parta1300
twain15..
dividec1380
minisha1382
dressc1410
dissever1417
sever1435
quarterc1440
distinct1526
videc1540
disperse1548
several1570
separate1581
dirempt1587
distinguish1609
piecemeal1611
discrete1624
dispart1629
slit1645
parcel1652
canton1653
tripartite1653
split1707
carve1711
scind1869
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiv. §3 Ælc þing þe tosceaden bið from oðrum bið oðer, oþer þæt þing.
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xl. §7 Se þe gesceadwisnisse hæfð, se mæg deman & tosceadan hwæs he wilnigan sceal.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 106 He toscæt hi on twa, swa swa scephyrde toscæt scep fram gatum.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19862 Forr þatt he wollde hire. & te king To dælenn & to shædenn.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15103 He nom his lauerdes hefd..& his lockes he to-scædde.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 241 Leonida..fil vppon the oþer deel anyȝt..and to schad hem euerich oon from oþer.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xix. xiv. (Bodl.) lf. 295 b/2 Depe rede toschedeþ þe siȝt as liȝt doþe.
b. intransitive. To divide, separate, fall apart.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > be driven in all directions
to-flyc1000
to-drevea1225
sparplec1330
to-shedc1330
skaila1400
disparplec1400
scatterc1430
sparklec1440
shedc1485
disrout1525
disparkle1553
shattera1620
disperse1665
squander1823
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (intransitive)]
to-dealeOE
to-goc1000
parta1325
to-shedc1330
departa1387
severc1407
divide1526
dispart1633
split1712
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > undergo separation into constituents [verb (intransitive)] > cease to cohere
to-shedc1330
disjointa1616
discohere1877
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6276 So þat þe Romayns route to-schadde, & dide hem to þe hauene fle.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 133 Þe hepes of grauel to schedeþ and to falleþ.
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