deaþscyld

Old English

Etymology

From dēaþ +‎ sċyld (“guilt”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌʃyld/, [ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌʃyɫd]

Noun

dēaþsċyld f[1][2]

  1. capital crime
    • Gif gehádod man hine forwyrce mid deáþscylde ― if a man in orders ruin himself with capital crime

Declension
Declension of deaþscyld (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative dēaþsċyld dēaþsċylda, dēaþsċylde
accusative dēaþsċylde dēaþsċylda, dēaþsċylde
genitive dēaþsċylde dēaþsċylda
dative dēaþsċylde dēaþsċyldum

References
  1. Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “deáþ-scyld”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. John R. Clark Hall (1916) “deaþscyld”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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