scild-truma
A phalanx ⬩ testudo
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A phalanx; testudo Under þiccum scyld-truman subter densa testudine, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 29. Of sceltruman testudine, Hpt. Gl. 475, 66
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 -scíte
boh-scyld
A shoulder shield ⬩ ad humerum clypeus
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. = bóc-scyld, q. v
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
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scild-wyrhta
A shield-maker
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Nán scyldwyrhta ne lecge nán scépes fell on scyld; and gif hé hit dó, gilde .xxx. sciłł., L. Ath. i. 15; Th. i. 208, 9-11.
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
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
scyld-full
Guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ wicked
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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
Guiltless
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Guiltless Scyldlǽs insons, Lchdm. i. lxiii, 2
scyld-wreccende
punishing guilt
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punishing guilt Hell scyldwreccende, Exon. Th. 71, 25; Cri. 1161
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
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
un-scyld
Innocence
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Innocence For unscylde propter innocentiam, Ps. Spl. 40, 13