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
Declension of scyldlæta (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċyldlǣta sċyldlǣtan
accusative sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtan
genitive sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtena
dative sċyldlǣtan sċyldlǣtum

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