handscyldig

Old English

Etymology

From hand + scyldig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑndˌʃyl.dij/, [ˈhɑndˌʃyɫ.dij]

Adjective

hɑndsċyldiġ[1][2]

  1. liable to lose a hand
    • Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig
      he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand,

Declension

References

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