scyldig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skuldīgaz, equivalent to sċyld +‎ -iġ. Cognate with Old Frisian skeldich, Old Saxon skuldig, Old High German sculdig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃyl.dij/, [ˈʃyɫ.dij]

Adjective

sċyldiġ

1. guilty (+ genitive or instrumental of a crime or offense)
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"

     ...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.

     ...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.

2. sinful
3. in debt
4. liable (+ genitive or instrumental for a crime or offense) (+ genitive or instrumental to forfeit something) (+ genitive or instrumental to receive a punishment)

Declension

Declension of sċyldiġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġ	sċyldiġu, sċyldġu, sċyldiġo, sċyldġo	sċyldiġ
Accusative	sċyldiġne	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġ
Genitive	sċyldiġes, sċyldġes	sċyldiġre	sċyldiġes, sċyldġes
Dative	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġre	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum
Instrumental	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġre	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġa, sċyldġa, sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġu, sċyldġu, sċyldiġo, sċyldġo
Accusative	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġa, sċyldġa, sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġu, sċyldġu, sċyldiġo, sċyldġo
Genitive	sċyldiġra	sċyldiġra	sċyldiġra
Dative	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum
Instrumental	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum

Declension of sċyldiġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġa, sċyldġa	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe
Accusative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe
Genitive	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Dative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Instrumental	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Accusative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Genitive	sċyldiġra, sċyldiġena, sċyldġena	sċyldiġra, sċyldiġena, sċyldġena	sċyldiġra, sċyldiġena, sċyldġena
Dative	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum
Instrumental	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum

Derived terms

• dēaþsċyldiġ
• feorhsċyldiġ
• forsċyldiġ
• godsċyldiġ
• handsċyldiġ
• healfsċyldiġ
• mānsċyldiġ
• morþorsċyldiġ
• twisċyldiġ
• þēofsċyldiġ
• þurhsċyldiġ
• unsċyldiġ

 

Related terms

• forsċyldiġian

Descendants

• Middle English: shildiȝ, schuldi
  • English: shildy

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scyldig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.