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scyld

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
scyld, e: scyldu (o); indecl. f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §112; §390;
guilt, sin, crime, fault
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  • Hé sume mándǽde gefremede ðá seó scyld ðá tó his heortan hwearf ðá onscunode hé hí hefelíce

    sceleris aliquid commiserat, quod commissum, ubi ad cor suum rediit, gravissime exhorruit,

      Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 34.

  • Sitte sió scyld (

    the killing of a slave

    ) on him,
      L. Alf. 17; Th. i. 48, 15.

  • On eów scyld siteþ,

      Exon. Th. 131, 2; Gú. 449.

  • Is Euan scyld eal forpyuded,

      7, 6; Cri. 97.

  • Hé his scylde forgyfenysse bæd

    veniam reatus postulans,

      Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 33.

  • Ða byrðenne suá micelre scylde

    tanti reatus pondera,

      Past. 2, 2; Swt. 31, 14.

  • Bútan scylde

    sine culpa,

      3, 1; Swt. 33, 16: L. H. E. 12; Th. i. 32, 9.

  • Hí búton ǽlcere scylde (

    without being guilty of any crime

    ) wurdon fordóne,
      Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 30.

  • Æt openre scylde

    flagrante delicto,

      L. In. 37; Th. i. 124, 23.

  • Hafaþ ðæt mód hwylcehugu scyldo

    habet animus aliquem reatum,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 42.

  • Synna, scylda

    piacula,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 78.

  • Míne scylde

    delicta mea,

      Ps. Th. 68, 6: Ps. Surt. 58, 13.

  • Scylða,

      Past. 32, 2; Swt. 211, 20.

  • Scelda,

      Ps. C. 45.

  • Bróðres schyldo

    fratris vitia,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 5.

  • Áscyred scylda gehwylcre, deópra firena,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2624; El. 1313: 937; El. 470.

  • Hwílum biþ gód wærlíce tó míðanne his hiéremonna scylda (

    vitia

    ),
      Past. 21, 1; Swt. 151, 9.
a debt, due
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  • Ryhtlícor cweðan ðæt wé him gielden scylde ðonne wé him mildheortnesse dón

    justitiae debitum potius solvimus, quam misericordiae opera implemus,

      45, 1; Swt. 335, 19.

  • Ágefnæ beón ða scylde

    reddi debitum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 28, 25.

  • Hé ða scyld forlét wið hine

    debitum dimisit ei,

    27: 30.
Etymology
[Sculd scelus, Wrt. Voc. i. 95, 74. O. Sax. skuld a crime; a due: O. L. Ger. sculd: O. Frs. skeide, schuld, schild: O. H. Ger. sculd, sculda causa, facinus, noxa, injuria, crimen, debitum, meritum: Icel. skuld, skyld a due, tax; sake.]
Similar entries
v. deáþ-, frum-, ge-, god-, mán-, níd-scyld.
Linked entries
v.  GYLT.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “scyld.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27109.

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