scult

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuldi, from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz.

Noun

scult f

1. obligation
2. debt
3. fault

Inflection

Declension of scult (feminine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	scult	sculdi
accusative	scult	sculdi
genitive	sculdi	sculdo
dative	sculdi	sculdin, sculdon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: scult, scout
  • Dutch: schuld
    • Afrikaans: skuld

References

• “skult”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012