feorhscyldig

Old English

Etymology

From feorh + scyldig.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeo̯rhˌʃyldij/

Adjective

feorhsċyldiġ[1][2]

  1. life-guilty
    Gif feorhscyldig man cyning gesóhte
    if a man who had forfeited his life sought the king,
    Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig
    he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life,

Declension

References

  1. feorh-scyldig in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  2. feorhscyldig in John R. Clark Hall (1916) A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd ed.
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