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sculd

sculd verb: to accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding.

Verb

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

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

Noun

sculd (plural sculds)

  1. (UK, dialectal, rare) A parting.

Forms of sculd

Verb
third-person singular presentsculds
present participlesculding
past participlesculded
pastsculded
alternative formscould
alternative formskuld
alternative formskuild
Noun
pluralsculds

Origin of sculd

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

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

Questions about sculd

What does sculd mean?
Sculd means to accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding.
What part of speech is sculd?
Sculd can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of sculd?
The past tense of sculd is sculded.

Words near sculd in the dictionary

  1. scugs
  2. Scuka
  3. Scukas
  4. scul
  5. Sculcoates
  6. sculd
  7. Sculder
  8. sculds
  9. sculduddery
  10. sculduggeries
  11. sculduggery

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