Old English Dictionary Entry

Riht-hamscyld

Part of speech: ? :-- Gif man rihthamscyld þurhstinð . . . Gif feaxfang geweorð, Ll. Th. i. 12, 1-3, [In the note to these laws a passage from the Lex Saxonum is quoted giving two articles: I. 6. Si gladio

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Definitions

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1 riht-hamscyld

uestem seu scutum alterius incideret . . . 7. Si per capillos alium comprehenderit . . . As ham denotes a garment, it seems as if the English text might be a corrupt form of a law corresponding to the former of these two, and in the same note the following emendation is suggested: Gif man on unriht ham oððe scyld (= uestem seu scutum) þurhstinð.] riht-hamscyld

Similar Words

(-)réd(-)
-raca
-racodteágian
-rád
-rádian

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚻᚪᛗᛋᚳᚣᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc