Hand-scyldig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hand-scyldig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hand-scyldig
adj. Liable to the penalty of losing the hand :-- Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332; 9. hand-scyldig
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