scyldig

Old English

From Proto-Germanic *skuldīgaz, equivalent to sċyld +‎ -iġ. Cognate with Old Frisian skeldich, Old Saxon skuldig, Old High German sculdig.

sċyldiġ

guilty
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
  ...and bēo ic scyldiġ ġif ic his scȳncræft ne mæġ mid ealle ādwǣscan mid mīnum drȳcræfte.
  ...and may I be guilty if I cannot totally extinguish his magic by my sorcery.
sinful
in debt
liable

Declension of sċyldiġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġ	sċyldiġu, sċyldġu, sċyldiġo, sċyldġo	sċyldiġ
Accusative	sċyldiġne	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġ
Genitive	sċyldiġes, sċyldġes	sċyldiġre	sċyldiġes, sċyldġes
Dative	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġre	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum
Instrumental	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġre	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġa, sċyldġa, sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġu, sċyldġu, sċyldiġo, sċyldġo
Accusative	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġa, sċyldġa, sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġu, sċyldġu, sċyldiġo, sċyldġo
Genitive	sċyldiġra	sċyldiġra	sċyldiġra
Dative	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum
Instrumental	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum

Declension of sċyldiġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġa, sċyldġa	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe
Accusative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġe, sċyldġe
Genitive	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Dative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Instrumental	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Accusative	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan	sċyldiġan, sċyldġan
Genitive	sċyldiġra, sċyldiġena, sċyldġena	sċyldiġra, sċyldiġena, sċyldġena	sċyldiġra, sċyldiġena, sċyldġena
Dative	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum
Instrumental	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum	sċyldiġum, sċyldġum

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scyldig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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