What 's the English for a request for a debt to be payed?

Not sure. We have a verb to dun which means to 'importune a debtor'.

Well, Dutch schuld, German Schuld 'blame, debt, fault, obligation', Old English scyld 'offense, fault, crime, guilt, sin; debt'. German Schultheiß is cognate with Old English scyldhæta 'enemy, foe' (in Medieval Latin scultetus[/i] 'bailiff', which is also a German surname, the latinified Schulz).

[Sorry to have mantled of troy partially while looking into medieval offices. I also see that Gothic has dulgahaitja for creditor at Lk 7:41, where the haitja is cognate with the -heiß in German and -haeta in Old English.]

Last edited by zmjezhd; 06/09/2008 9:03 PM.
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