scyld

See also: Scyld

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃyld/,

Etymology 1

From earlier sċield.

Noun

sċyld m

alternative form of sċield

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċyld	sċyldas
accusative	sċyld	sċyldas
genitive	sċyldes	sċylda
dative	sċylde	sċyldum

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *skuldi (“guilt”).

Cognates

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

Noun

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.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċyld	sċylda, sċylde
accusative	sċylde	sċylda, sċylde
genitive	sċylde	sċylda
dative	sċylde	sċyldum

Synonyms

gylt

Antonyms

unsċyld

Derived terms

ǣsċyldian (“to offend”)
dēaþsċyld f (“crime worthy of death”)
dēaþsċyldiġ (“condemned to 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
godsċyld f (“sin against God, impiety”)
godsċyldiġ (“impious”)
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”)
unsċyld f (“innocence”)
unsċyldġung f (“innocence”)
unsċyldiġ (“guiltless, innocent, not responsible”)
unsċyldiġlic (“excusable”)
unsċyldiġlīċe (“innocently”)
unsċyldiġnes f (“innocence”)

Descendants

Middle English: shild, schuld

References

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

scyld

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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