- scyld
- guilt, sin, shield
The Old English to English . 2014.
scyld
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scyld- — see scield , scild … Old to modern English dictionary
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guilt — scyld … English to the Old English
shield — scyld … English to the Old English
sin — scyld … English to the Old English
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