boh-scyld
A shoulder shield ⬩ ad humerum clypeus
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. = bóc-scyld, q. v
feówer-scýte
Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus
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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Seó burh is feówerscýte the city is quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 21
Linked entries: feoðer-scéte feðer-scíte fiðer-scýte fyðer-scýte
bóc-scyld
A beechen shield ⬩ fagineum scutum
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[bóc a beech-tree, scyld a shield] A beechen shield; fagineum scutum Ic ge-an [MS. geann] Siferþe mínes bócscyldes I give to Siferth my beechen shield, Th. Diplm. A. D. 938; 561, 5
god-scyld
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A sin against a god, impiety Ic nýde sceal godscyld wrecan I needs must avenge impiety, Exon. 68 b; Th. 254, 29; Jul. 204
ge-scyld
Guilt, debt ⬩ reatus, debitum
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Guilt, debt; reatus, debitum Gescyldum reatibus, Rtl. 79, 22. All gescyld universum debitum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 34
scyld-full
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Guilty, criminal, sinful, wicked Ic ( Adam ) wreó mé scyldfull, Cd. Th. 53, 30; Gen. 869. Bearn Godes on wergum folce wíf curon, scyldfulra mægð, scýne and fægere, 76, 4; Gen. 1252. Ðonne sweart wæter swelgaþ sceaðum scyldfullum when the deluge swallows
scyld-leás
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Guiltless Scyldlǽs insons, Lchdm. i. lxiii, 2
scyld-wreccende
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punishing guilt Hell scyldwreccende, Exon. Th. 71, 25; Cri. 1161
un-scyld
A grievous fault
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A grievous fault Gif míne fýnd ne rícsiaþ ofer mé, ðonne beó ic unwemme, and beó geclǽnsod fram ðǽm mǽstum scyldum; ac gif hí mé ábysgiaþ, ðonne ne mæg ic sneágan míne unscylda, Ps. Th. 18, 12
scyld-hete
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Add: Cf. níþ-hete
ham-scyld
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L. Eth. 32; Th. i. 12, 1, where see note. Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded
frum-scyld
Original sin ⬩ princĭpālis vel căpĭtālis culpa
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Original sin; princĭpālis vel căpĭtālis culpa Frumscylda gehwæs fæder and módor father and mother of every original sin, Salm. Kmbl. 891; Sal. 445
níd-scyld
Bounden duty
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Bounden duty Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens
scyld-frecu
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f Guilty greed Mé ( Eve ) scyhte tó scyldfrece fáh wyrm þurh fægir word, Cd. Th. 55, 23; Gen. 898
Linked entry: frecu
scyld-hǽta
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One who demands a due or debt, a bailiff Sculthéta exactor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 70. Scyldlǽta (-hǽta?) exactor, i. postulator, 144, 54
Linked entries: scult-héta scyld-lǽta hǽta
scyld-hata
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One who hates wrongfully, an enemy Scyldhatan, ealdgeníðlan, Andr. Kmbl. 2095; An. 1049. Scyldhatan, egle ondsacan, 2295; An. 1149. v. next word