scyldwite

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sċyld +‎ wīte

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃyldˌwiː.te/, [ˈʃyɫdˌwiː.te]

Noun[edit]

sċyldwīte n (nominative plural sċyldwītu)

fine for a crime of violence

Declension[edit]

Declension of scyldwite (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċyldwīte	sċyldwītu
accusative	sċyldwīte	sċyldwītu
genitive	sċyldwītes	sċyldwīta
dative	sċyldwīte	sċyldwītum

(a weak gen. pl. sċyldwītena occurs)

References[edit]

John R. Clark Hall (1916) “scyldwite”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan

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