feorhscyldig

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Old English

Etymology

Composed of feorh +‎ sċyldiġ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfe͜orxˌʃyl.dij/,

Adjective

feorhsċyldiġ[1][2]

  1. condemned to death, guilty of a capital crime
    • Gif feorhsċyldiġ mann cyning ġesōhte
      if someone who had been condemned to death visited the king
    • Sē þe ofslihþ mann binnan ciricwāgum, hē biþ feorhsċyldiġ
      If anyone kills someone within the walls of a church, they will be condemned to death

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References

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