handscyldig
Old English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
edit- liable to lose a hand
- Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig
- he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand,
Declension
editDeclension of hɑndsċyldiġ — Strong
Declension of hɑndsċyldiġ — Weak
References
edit- ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hand-scyldig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916) “handscyldig”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan