sculd
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From back-formation of sculding. Related to Norwegian skulding (“accusation”).
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
sculd (third-person singular simple present sculds, present participle sculding, simple past and past participle sculded)
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Related to Old Norse skilja (“to divide”).
Noun edit
sculd (plural sculds)
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *skuldi.
Noun edit
sculd f
Declension edit
Declension of sculd (feminine i-stem)