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scyld-hete

(n.)
Grammar
scyld-hete, es; m.
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An enemy, a foe Mid scyldhetum, werigum wróhtsmiðum, Andr. Kmbl. 170; An. 85. v. preceding word

scyld-lǽta

Similar entry: scyld-hǽta

scyld-wyrcende

(adj.)
Grammar
scyld-wyrcende, committing sin or
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guilt Ðú ( the soul ) ðone líchoman scyldwyrcende gewemdest, Exon. Th. 91, 4; Cri. 1487. Ðonne ðeós woruld scyldwyrcende byrneþ, 232, 5; Ph. 502: 269, 4; Jul. 445. Ðú womfulle, scyldwyrcende sceaþan áwurpe, Elen. Kmbl. 1520; El. 762

un-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
un-scyld, e; f.

Innocence

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Innocence For unscylde propter innocentiam, Ps. Spl. 40, 13

Linked entries: scyld un-

ham-scyld

Similar entry: riht-hamscyld

scyld-full

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Add: culpable Tó þý ꝥ ic þý éð mihte gefyllan þá scyldfullan gewilnunga mínes forligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 339

-lǽta

(suffix)
Grammar
-lǽta, v. freó-, frig-, scyld-lǽta.

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scild

(n.)
Grammar
scild, sceld, scyld, es; m.
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a shield, a piece of defensive armour: — Scyld scutum vel clipeus vel parma, lytel scyld pelta . . . scyld clipeus, testudo, lytel scyld ancile, ða læssan scyldas peltae vel parmae, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 27-28, 57-59. .

Linked entries: sceld scyld hrung

scylf

(n.)
Grammar
scylf, scylp, es; m.
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a peak, crag, tor (in local names) Ðonon ofer ealne ðone hǽþfeld tó Hnæfes scylfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 37. Tó byrnan scylfe, 38, 36. Sticule scylpas scabri murices, Germ. 399, 446. Scylfa scopulorum, Hpt.

Linked entries: scylfig scylp á-scylfan

scild

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S. 31, 114. add: defence Hí sprǽcon wið þǽre treówleásnesse fore scylde (defensione) þǽre sóðfæstnesse, Gr. D. 246, 21

sceld

(n.)
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a fault

Scald

(n.)
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the Schelde Hér fór se here up on Scald, Chr. 883; Erl. 82, 15

scydd

(n.)
Grammar
scydd, es; m.
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Alluvial ground (?) Ðis synt ða denbæra . . . hudelinga scydd, Cod. Dip Kmbl. ii. 195, 19. On timberslǽd in stǽpa cnolles scydd on hanslǽdes heáfdan, iii. 380, 26. Haec sunt pascua porcorum . . . in communi silua pascuale quod dicitur Palinga Schittas

scylp

Similar entry: scylf

scydd

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Add:

scylf

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Add Scilfas pinnas, Ps. Rdr. 103, 3

sceld

(n.)
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a shield

scyll

Similar entry: scill

Scild

(n.)
Grammar
Scild, es; m.
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The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings. His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr

scyl

Similar entry: scill

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