morþorscyldig
Old English
adj
Definitions
- guilty of murder
Etymology
Compound from Old English morþor (secret slaying, death, unlawful killing, murder) + Old English scyldig.
Origin
Old English
scyldig
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *murþrą Proto-Germanic
- *skuldīgaz Proto-Germanic
- deaþscyldig Old English
- efenscyldig Old English
- feorhscyldig Old English
- godscyldig Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- healfscyldig Old English
- manscyldig Old English
- morþor Old English
- scyldig Old English
- sċyld Old English
- twiscyldig Old English
- þeofscyldig Old English
- þurhscyldig Old English
- morther Middle English
- murder Middle English