holdscipe
Middle English
Etymology
From hold + -scipe.
Noun
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.
References
Middle English Dictionary
Old English
Etymology
From hold + -scipe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxoldˌski.pe/, [ˈhoɫdˌski.pe]
Noun
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
Declension of holdscipe (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | holdschipe | holdschipas |
| accusative | holdschipe | holdschipas |
| genitive | holdschipes | holdschipa |
| dative | holdschipe | holdschipum |
Synonyms
- hlāfordhyldo (“loyalty”)
- holdrǣden (“fidelity, faithful service”)
- hyld (“grace, loyalty, fidelity”)
- rihthlāfordhyldo (“loyalty”)
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “holdscipe”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “holdscipe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.