Syn-sceaþa

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

syn-sceaþa

m. One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant:--Se synscaþa sceaþena þreáte éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 31; Jul. 671. Hiéne móste se synscaþa (Grendel) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707. Ðone synscaðan gúðbilla nán grétan nolde, 1607; B. 801. Ða synsceaðan (the heathens) Godes tempel brǽcan and bærndon, Exon. Th. 44, 21; Cri. 706. Metod beslóh synsceaþan (the apostate angels) sigore and gewealde, Cd. Th. 4, 17; Gen. 55. Cf. mán-sceaþa. syn-sceaþa