scyldig
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skuldīgaz, equivalent to sċyld + -iġ. Cognate with Old Frisian skeldich, Old Saxon skuldig, Old High German sculdig.
Adjective
sċyldiġ
- guilty, sinful, criminal, worthy of punishment, forfeiting, liable for a debt or bound by an obligation
Derived terms
- dēaþsċyldiġ
- feorhsċyldiġ
- forsċyldiġ
- godsċyldiġ
- handsċyldiġ
- healfsċyldiġ
- mānsċyldiġ
- morþorsċyldiġ
- twisċyldiġ
- unsċyldiġ
- þēofsċyldiġ
- þurhsċyldiġ
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle English: shildiȝ, schuldi
- English: shildy
References
- scyldig in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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