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scyldlæta

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From scyld (“guilt”) +‎ lǣta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃyldˌlæː.tɑ/, [ˈʃyɫdˌlæː.tɑ]

Noun edit

sċyldlǣta m[1][2]

  1. bailiff
    Synonym: sċyldhǣta

Declension edit

Declension of scyldlæta (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċyldlǣta sċyldlǣtan
accusative sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtan
genitive sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtena
dative sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtum

References edit

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