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Old English · adjective

deaþscyldig

Normalised dēaþsċyldiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌʃyl.dij/
[ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌʃyɫ.dij]
Syllables
ˈdæ͜ɑːθ · ˌʃyl · dij (3 syllables)
Modern English
condemnedcapital crime

Meaning

  1. condemned to death, guilty of a capital crime

    Ġif dēaþsċyldiġ man sċriftsprǣċe ġierne, ne him man nǣfre ne wierne.

    If someone condemned to death desires confession, it should never be refused to them.

    c. 1005, Wulfstan, Laws of Edward and Guthrum:

Declension

Strong declension of deaþscyldig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dēaþsċyldiġdēaþsċyldiġudēaþsċyldġudēaþsċyldiġodēaþsċyldġodēaþsċyldiġ
Accusative dēaþsċyldiġnedēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġ
Genitive dēaþsċyldiġesdēaþsċyldġesdēaþsċyldiġredēaþsċyldiġesdēaþsċyldġes
Dative dēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġredēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġum
Instrumental dēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġredēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġe
Plural
Nominative dēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġadēaþsċyldġadēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġudēaþsċyldġudēaþsċyldiġodēaþsċyldġo
Accusative dēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġadēaþsċyldġadēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġudēaþsċyldġudēaþsċyldiġodēaþsċyldġo
Genitive dēaþsċyldiġradēaþsċyldiġradēaþsċyldiġra
Dative dēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġum
Instrumental dēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġum
Weak declension of deaþscyldig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dēaþsċyldiġadēaþsċyldġadēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġedēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġe
Accusative dēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġedēaþsċyldġe
Genitive dēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġan
Dative dēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġan
Instrumental dēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġan
Plural
Nominative dēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġan
Accusative dēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġandēaþsċyldiġandēaþsċyldġan
Genitive dēaþsċyldiġradēaþsċyldiġenadēaþsċyldġenadēaþsċyldiġradēaþsċyldiġenadēaþsċyldġenadēaþsċyldiġradēaþsċyldiġenadēaþsċyldġena
Dative dēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġum
Instrumental dēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġumdēaþsċyldiġumdēaþsċyldġum

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Etymology

Equivalent to dēaþ (“death”) + sċyldiġ (“guilty”) or dēaþsċyld (“capital crime”) + -iġ (“-y”).

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