- héafodgilt
- m (-es/-as) deadly sin; capital offence
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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capital — {{11}}capital (adj.) early 13c., from L. capitalis of the head, hence capital, chief, first, from caput (gen. capitis) head (see HEAD (Cf. head)). A capital crime (1520s) is one that affects the life or head; capital had a sense of deadly, mortal … Etymology dictionary
