scyld
See also: Scyld
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From earlier sċield.
Noun edit
sċyld m
- Alternative form of sċield
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *skuldi (“guilt”).
Cognates
Noun edit
sċyld f
- guilt, sin
- Hē bæd his sċylde forġiefnesse. ― He begged forgiveness for his sins.
- debt, obligation, liability, due
- Hē þā sċyld forlēt wiþ hine. ― He forgave the debt against him.
Declension edit
Declension of scyld (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- ǣsċyldian (“to offend”)
- dēaþsċyldiġ (“condemned to death”)
- dēaþsċyld f (“crime worthy of death”)
- ealdres sċyldiġ (“having forfeited his life: liable, responsible, in debt to”)
- efensċyldiġ (“equally guilty”)
- feorhsċyldiġ (“guilty of death”)
- forsċyldiġian (“to condemn”)
- forsċyldiġod, forsċyldeġod (“guilty”)
- frumsċyld f (“original sin”)
- godsċyldiġ (“impious”)
- godsċyld f (“sin against God, impiety”)
- morþorsċyldiġ (“guilty of murder”)
- nīedsċyld f (“moral necessity”)
- synsċyldiġ (“wicked”)
- sċyldan (“to accuse”)
- sċyldfrecu f (“wicked craving”)
- sċyldful (“sinful, guilty”)
- sċyldiġ (“guilty”)
- sċyldiġnes f (“guilt”)
- sċyldlǣta m (“bailiff”)
- sċyldlēas (“guiltless”)
- sċyldwreċċende (“avenging sin”)
- sċyldwyrcende (“evil-doing”)
- sċyldwīte n (“fine for a crime of violence”)
- sċyldġian, sċyldiġian (“to sin; place in the position of a criminal, render liable to punishment”)
- sċyldġung f (“sum demanded as wergeld”)
- twisċyldiġ (“liable to a double penalty”)
- þurhsċyldiġ (“very guilty”)
- þēofsċyldiġ (“guilty of theft”)
- unsċyldiġ (“guiltless, innocent, not responsible”)
- unsċyldiġlic (“excusable”)
- unsċyldiġlīċe (“innocently”)
- unsċyldiġnes f (“innocence”)
- unsċyld f (“innocence”)
- unsċyldġung f (“innocence”)
- ġesċyld
Descendants edit
References edit
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “scyld”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scyld”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.