sculd

From back-formation of sculding. Related to Norwegian skulding (“accusation”).

• scould, skuld, skuild

sculd (third-person singular simple present sculds, present participle sculding, simple past and past participle sculded)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding.

• sculding

Related to Old Norse skilja (“to divide”).

sculd (plural sculds)

1. (rare, UK dialectal) A parting.

From Proto-West Germanic *skuldi.

sculd f

1. debt

• Middle High German: schult, schulde
  • German: Schuld
    • → Esperanto: ŝuldo
  • Luxembourgish: Schold
  • Yiddish: שולד (shuld)