morþorscyldig

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Old English

Etymology

From morþor +‎ scyldig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmor.θorˌʃyl.dij/,

Adjective

morþorsċyldiġ[1][2]

  1. guilty of murder

Declension

References

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