Feorh-scyldig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorh-scyldig

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 feorh-scyldig

adj. Life-guilty, liable in one's life; vitæ reus, morte dignus :-- Gif feorhscyldig man cyning gesóhte if a man who had forfeited his life sought the king, L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 330, 10. Se ðe ofslehþ man binnan ciricwagum, he biþ feorhscyldig he who slays a man within church-walls, he is liable in his life, vii. 13, 15; Th. i. 332, 8, 14. feorh-scyldig

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚻ-ᛋᚳᚣᛚᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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