scieldburg
Old English
noun
Definitions
- shield wall
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *skelduburgz compound from Old English sċield (shield) + Old English burg (fort, fortress, fortified place, city).
Origin
Old English
burg
Gloss
fort, fortress, fortified place, city
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
市
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -burg English
- Aconbury English
- Albury English
- Bury English
- burrock English
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- *skelduburgz Proto-Germanic
- *skelduz Proto-Germanic
- burg Old English
- burgræden Old English
- dægsceald Old English
- scieldweall Old English
- sċield Old English
- underburg Old English
- scheld Middle English
- *burg gmw-pro
- Eidyn Old Welsh