Níd-scyld

Old English Dictionary Entry

Níd-scyld

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: preceding word. nid-scyld

Definitions

1 níd-scyld

f. Bounden duty :-- Sóna swá hé tó ðære áre cymþ, swá þyncþ him ðæt se hié him niédscylde sceolde se se hié him sealde as soon as he comes to the honour, it seems to him that he who gave it him was bound to grant it as a matter of right; repente perveniens jure sibi hoc debitum, ad quod pervenerit, putat, Past. 9; Swt. 57, 6.

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᛞ-ᛋᚳᚣᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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