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sċr
ēa
dian
V (v-weak-2)
to shred, cut up, cut off, prune
Source:
Kroonen 2013
:447,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/screadian#Old_English
originates from: PGmc
*skraudan-
"cut, shred" (skraudan-
>
skrēadan
>
sċrēadan) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Kroonen 2013
:447)