gescead

Noun

 * 1) reason (a reason or the faculty of reason)
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
 * "ang"

- Nū onġinþ ūre ġerīm on þissum dæġe (æfter Rōmānisċre ġesetnesse) for nānum godcundlīcum ġesċeāde, ac for þām ealdan ġewunan.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
 * "ang"

- Ġif ġē willaþ æfter menniscum ġesċeāde libban, þonne sind ġē gāstlīċe ymbsnidene.


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "THE ANNUNCIATION OF ST. MARY."
 * "ang"

- Hwí wolde God beon acenned of beweddodan mædene? For micclum ġescēade, and ēac for nēode.


 * 1) distinction

Adjective

 * 1) reasonable
 * 2) discreet
 * 3) calculated, fixed