holdscipe

Middle English

Etymology

From hold +‎ -scipe.

Noun

holdscipe (plural holdscipes)

1. 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

1. 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

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	holdsċipe	holdsċipas
accusative	holdsċipe	holdsċipas
genitive	holdsċipes	holdsċipa
dative	holdsċipe	holdsċipum

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; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “holdscipe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.