sceacan

[sha:·kan] 1. sv/i6 3^rd pres scæcþ past scóc/on ptp gescacen to shake, quiver; 2. but generally used of rapid movement, (1) of living creatures, to flee, hasten, hurry off, go forth, go, glide, depart; þá scéoc hé on niht fram þǽre fierde him selfum tó miclum bismere he then fled at night from the English army to his great disgrace; (2) of material things, to move quickly, move quickly to and fro, to be flung, be displaced by shaking; (3) of immaterial things (time, life, thought, etc.), to pass, pass from, proceed, depart; 3. sv/t6 to shake; (1) to brandish; (2) to put into a quaking motion; 4. to weave [bregdan]; [scacan]