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)
- shadow, shade
- shade, darkness
- reflection
Descendants
- English: shadow
- Scots: shadow, schaddow, scaddow
References
- “shadwe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.