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Old English · noun

scyldu

Normalised sċyldu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong īn-stem
IPA
/ˈʃyl.du/
[ˈʃyɫ.du]
Syllables
ˈʃyl · du (2 syllables)
Modern English
yldsċylddebt

Meaning

  1. synonym of sċyld (“guilt, debt”)

Declension

Declension of scyldu
SingularPlural
Nominative sċyldusċyldusċylde
Accusative sċyldusċyldesċyldusċylde
Genitive sċyldusċyldesċylda
Dative sċyldusċyldesċyldum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuldī, from Proto-Germanic *skuldį̄, equivalent to sċyld + -u.

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