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Old English · noun

scyldwite

Normalised sċyldwīte

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈʃyldˌwiː.te/
[ˈʃyɫdˌwiː.te]
Syllables
ˈʃyld · ˌwiː · te (3 syllables)
Modern English
fineviolence

Meaning

  1. fine for a crime of violence

Declension

Declension of scyldwite
SingularPlural
Nominative sċyldwītesċyldwītu
Accusative sċyldwītesċyldwītu
Genitive sċyldwītessċyldwīta
Dative sċyldwītesċyldwītum

All forms (5)

Etymology

sċyld + wīte

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