Old English

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Etymology

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From sċyldiġ (guilty) +‎ -nes.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃyl.dij.nes/, [ˈʃyɫ.dij.nes]

Noun

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sċyldiġnes f[1][2]

  1. guiltyness, guilt

Declension

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scyldigness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916) “scyldignes”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan