scyldig
Old English
adj
Definitions
- guilty, sinful, criminal, worthy of punishment, forfeiting, liable for a debt or bound by an obligation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skuldīgaz suffix from Old English sċyld (guilt, due, obligation, fault, debt, offence, sin, liability, crime).
Origin
Old English
sċyld
Gloss
guilt, due, obligation, fault, debt, offence, sin, liability, crime
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *skuldiz Proto-Germanic
- *skuldīgaz Proto-Germanic
- deaþ Old English
- deaþscyld Old English
- deaþscyldig Old English
- efen Old English
- efenscyldig Old English
- feorh Old English
- feorhscyldig Old English
- god Old English
- godscyldig Old English
- hand Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- healf Old English
- healfscyldig Old English
- man Old English
- manscyldig Old English
- morþor Old English
- morþorscyldig Old English
- scyldwiga Old English
- scyldwite Old English
- sċyld Old English
- sċyldiġ Old English
- twiscyldig Old English
- unscyld Old English
- þeof Old English
- þeofscyldig Old English
- þurh Old English
- þurhscyldig Old English
- shild Middle English
- sculdig Old High German
- schuldec Middle High German