scyld

See also: Scyld

Old English

From earlier sċield.

sċyld m

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian schuld, Old Saxon skuld (“crime, due”), Old High German sculd (German Schuld), Old Norse skuld. Related to shall, should.

sċyld f

guilt, sin
- Hē bæd his sċylde forġiefnesse. ― He begged forgiveness for his sins.
debt, obligation, liability, due
- Hē þā sċyld forlēt wiþ hine. ― He forgave the debt against him.

Strong ō-stem:

ǣsċyldian (“to offend”)
dēaþsċyldiġ (“condemned to death”)
dēaþsċyld f (“crime worthy of death”)
ealdres sċyldiġ (“having forfeited his life: liable, responsible, in debt to”)
efensċyldiġ (“equally guilty”)
feorhsċyldiġ (“guilty of death”)
forsċyldiġian (“to condemn”)
forsċyldiġod, forsċyldeġod (“guilty”)
frumsċyld f (“original sin”)
ġesċyld
godsċyldiġ (“impious”)
godsċyld f (“sin against God, impiety”)
morþorsċyldiġ (“guilty of murder”)
nīedsċyld f (“moral necessity”)
sċyldan (“to accuse”)
sċyldfrecu f (“wicked craving”)
sċyldful (“sinful, guilty”)
sċyldġian, sċyldiġian (“to sin; place in the position of a criminal, render liable to punishment”)
sċyldġung f (“sum demanded as wergeld”)
sċyldiġ (“guilty”)
sċyldiġnes f (“guilt”)
sċyldlǣta m (“bailiff”)
sċyldlēas (“guiltless”)
sċyldwīte n (“fine for a crime of violence”)
sċyldwreċċende (“avenging sin”)
sċyldwyrcende (“evil-doing”)
synsċyldiġ (“wicked”)
twisċyldiġ (“liable to a double penalty”)
þēofsċyldiġ (“guilty of theft”)
þurhsċyldiġ (“very guilty”)
unsċyldġung f (“innocence”)
unsċyldiġ (“guiltless, innocent, not responsible”)
unsċyldiġlic (“excusable”)
unsċyldiġlīċe (“innocently”)
unsċyldiġnes f (“innocence”)
unsċyld f (“innocence”)

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