sawolsceatt

Old English

Alternative forms

• sāwelsċeatt

Etymology

From sāwol +‎ sċeatt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.wolˌʃæ͜ɑtt/, [ˈsɑː.wolˌʃæ͜ɑt]

Noun

sāwolsċeatt m

1. (religion) a church-imposed burial fee

Declension

Declension of sawolsceatt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāwolsċeatt	sāwolsċeattas
accusative	sāwolsċeatt	sāwolsċeattas
genitive	sāwolsċeattes	sāwolsċeatta
dative	sāwolsċeatte	sāwolsċeattum

Descendants

• Middle English: *souleshot, *soulescot, saulesoth (for *sauleshot)
  • English: soulscot

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “SĀWELSCEATT”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.