holdscipe
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
holdscipe (plural holdscipes)
- loyalty, allegiance
- Sægdon þet hi hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe. — Peterborough Chronicle, 1121
- They said they did it out of loyalty to the monastery.
- Sægdon þet hi hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe. — Peterborough Chronicle, 1121
References[edit]
Middle English Dictionary
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
holdscipe m
- loyalty, allegiance
- Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe ― They destroyed the lands of all those men that were in king's allegiance. (Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15.)
Declension[edit]
Declension of holdscipe (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | holdsċipe | holdsċipas |
| accusative | holdsċipe | holdsċipas |
| genitive | holdsċipes | holdsċipa |
| dative | holdsċipe | holdsċipum |
Synonyms[edit]
- hlāfordhyldo (“loyalty”)
- holdrǣden (“fidelity, faithful service”)
- hyld (“grace, loyalty, fidelity”)
- rihthlāfordhyldo (“loyalty”)
References[edit]
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “holdscipe”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “holdscipe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.