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un-scyldig

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-scyldig, adj.
innocent, guiltless
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  • 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.
innocent of a crime, charge,
Grammar
un-scyldig, with gen.
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  • Ðet hé wæs unscyldig ðæs ðe him geléd wæs,

    • Chr. 1052
      • ;
    • Erl. 187, 20.

  • Unscyldigne eofota gehwylces,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 845
      • ;
    • El. 423.
Grammar
un-scyldig, with preposition
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  • 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.
guiltless in relation to (wið) a person.
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v. un-scyldigness :
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  • -- Ic com unscyldig wið ðás míne fýnd

    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.
innocent, not accountable for an ill result, not responsible
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  • Gif oxa ofhníte wer oþþe wíf, ðæt hié deáde sién ... Se hláford bið unscyldig ( the owner of the ox shall be quit, A. V. Ex. 21, 28), gif se oxa hnitol wǽre ... and se hláford hit nyste,

    • L. Alf. 21
      • ;
    • Th. i. 48, 29.

  • His hláford bið unscildig

    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.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. un-skuldig
:
O. Frs. un-skeldech
:
O. H. Ger. un-sculdíg innocens, indebitus, nil meritus
:
Icel. ú-skyldigr not due.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-scyldig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33723.

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