adj. I. innocent, guiltless :-- Unscyldig insons, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 39; Zup. 63, 16. Mid werum unseyldigum unscyldig (innocens) ðú bist, Ps. Spl. 17, 27: Andr. Kmbl. 2275; An. 1139. Hér wearð Ecgbriht abbud unscyldig ofslegen, Chr. 916; Th. i. 190, col. 2. Ne cweþe ic ná ðæt ðæt yfel sié ðæt mon helpe ðæs unscyldigan (-scyldgan, Cott. MS.), Bt. 38, 7; Fox 210, 4. Sweord besyled on unscyldigun (-scyldgum, Met. 9, 59) blóde, 16, 4; Fox 58, 18. Se ðe unscildigne man belǽwe qui percutiat animam sanguinis imtocentis, Deut. 27, 25. Unscildigne and rihtwísne ne ofsleh ðú insontem et justum non occides, Ex. 23, 7. Ðú woldest ðone besmítan ðe ðú nánwiht yfles on nystest. Tó hwon lǽddest ðú ðeosne freóne and unscyldigne hider? Blickl. Homl. 87, 1: Exon. Th. 143, 11; Gú. 659. Unscyldigne, synna leásne, Elen. Kmbl. 990; El. 496. Hú ne is se yfelwillende and yfelwyrcende ðe ðone unscyldgan wítnoþ ? Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 11, 15. Ne syle ðú unscyldigra sáwla deórum ðe ðé andettaþ ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, Ps. Th. 73, 18. Ðǽm wǽre máre þearf ðe ða óþre unscyldige yfelaþ, ðæt mon bǽde ðæt him mon dyde swá micel wíte swá hí ðám óþrum unscyldegum dydon, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 30: Met. 4, 36. Hí unscyldige scotian þenceaþ ut sagittent immaculatum, Ps. Th. 63, 3. Seó wyrd þreáþ ða unscidigan (insontes), Bt. 4; Fox 8, 13. I a. innocent of a crime, charge, (1) with gen. :-- Ðet hé wæs unscyldig ðæs ðe him geléd wæs, Chr. 1052; Erl. 187, 20. Unscyldigne eofota gehwylces, Elen. Kmbl. 845; El. 423. (2) with preposition :-- Ic eom unscyldig, ǽgðer ge dǽde ge dihtes, æt ðære tihtlan ðe N. mé tíhð, L. O. 5; Th. i. 180, 15. Sind mænige rihtwíse unscyldige wið heáfodleahtras, Homl. Th. i. 342, 9. I b. guiltless in relation to (wið) a person. ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum, Ps. Th. 25, 1. Ðú ne bist unscyldig wið mé gif ðú on ídelnesse cígst mínne noman nec habebit insontem Dominus eum, qui assumpserit nomen Domini frustra (Ex. 20, 7), L. Alf. 2; Th. i. 44,8. II. innocent, not accountable for an ill result, not responsible :-- Gif oxa ofhníte wer oþþe wíf, ðæt hié deáde sién ... Se hláford bið unscyldig (the owner of the ox shall be quit, A. dominus bovis innocens erit, Ex. 21, 28. Unscyldig ic eom fram ðyses rihtwísan blóde innocens ego sum a sanguine justi hujus, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 24. Ne ofsleh ðú unscildine mannan ... ðis ic dyde mid bilewitnysse num gentem ignorantem et justam interficies? ... in simplicitate cordis mei feci hoc, Gen. 20, 4. [O. Sax. un-skuldig: O. Frs. un-skeldech: O. H. Ger. un-sculdíg innocens, indebitus, nil meritus: Icel. ú-skyldigr not due.] un-scyldig