scyldlæta

Old English

Etymology

From scyld (“guilt”) +‎ lǣta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃyldˌlæː.tɑ/, [ˈʃyɫdˌlæː.tɑ]

Noun

sċyldlǣta m[1][2]

  1. bailiff
    Synonym: sċyldhǣta

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative sċyldlǣta sċyldlǣtan
accusative sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtan
genitive sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtena
dative sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtum

References

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scyld-lǽta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ John R. Clark Hall (1916), “scyldlæta”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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