scyldwite

Old English

Etymology

sċyld +‎ wīte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃyldˌwiː.te/, [ˈʃyɫdˌwiː.te]

Noun

sċyldwīte n (nominative plural sċyldwītu)

1. fine for a crime of violence

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċyldwīte	sċyldwītu
accusative	sċyldwīte	sċyldwītu
genitive	sċyldwītes	sċyldwīta
dative	sċyldwīte	sċyldwītum

(a weak gen. pl. sċyldwītena occurs)

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “scyldwite”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan