deaþscyld
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dēaþ + sċyld (“guilt”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- capital crime
- Gif gehádod man hine forwyrce mid deáþscylde ― if a man in orders ruin himself with capital crime
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēaþsċyld | dēaþsċylda, dēaþsċylde |
| accusative | dēaþsċylde | dēaþsċylda, dēaþsċylde |
| genitive | dēaþsċylde | dēaþsċylda |
| dative | dēaþsċylde | dēaþsċyldum |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “deáþ-scyld”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916) “deaþscyld”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan