Scedenig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō, equivalent to sċeaþa +‎ īeġ. Cognate with Old Norse Skáney.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃe.de.niːj/

Proper noun

Sċedenīġ f

  1. Scania
    Synonyms: Sċedeland, (later borrowing) Sconeġ
    • c. 1000, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV)‎[1], lines 1684–1686:
      [Hilt] on geweald gehwearf woroldcyninga ðǣm sēlestan be sǣm twēonum ðāra þe on Scedenigge sceattas dǣlde.
      [The hilt] passed into the keeping of the best earthly king between the two seas, of all those who dealt out treasures in Scania.
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