scyldignes

Old English

Etymology

From sċyldiġ (“guilty”) +‎ -nes.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃyl.dij.nes/, [ˈʃyɫ.dij.nes]

Noun

sċyldiġnes f[1][2]

  1. guiltyness, guilt

Declension
Declension of scyldignes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċyldiġnes sċyldiġnessa, sċyldiġnesse
accusative sċyldiġnesse sċyldiġnessa, sċyldiġnesse
genitive sċyldiġnesse sċyldiġnessa
dative sċyldiġnesse sċyldiġnessum

References
  1. Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scyldigness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. John R. Clark Hall (1916) “scyldignes”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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