shildy
Middle English
adj
Definitions
- Guilty, at fault, in debt.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sċyldiġ (guilty, criminal, sinful) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skuldīgaz affix from Middle English shild.
Origin
Middle English
shild
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pflichtschuldig German
- schuldig German
- unschuldig German
- medeschuldig Dutch, Flemish
- onschuldig Dutch, Flemish
- schuld Dutch, Flemish
- schuldig Dutch, Flemish
- *skuldīgaz Proto-Germanic
- oskyldig Swedish
- skuld Swedish
- skyldig Swedish
- forscyldig Old English
- scyldig Old English
- scyldignes Old English
- sċyld Old English
- sċyldiġ Old English
- unscyldig Old English
- shild Middle English
- skyldugr Old Norse
- schuldich Middle Dutch
- skuldig Afrikaans