scheld

Middle English

/ˈʃeːld/

noun
Definitions
  • A shield a plate of portable armour
  • An object that resembles a shield:
  • Any form of shielding or armament:
  • (rare) Authority, power, influence.
  • (rare) Heavy infantry; soldiers armed with shields.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċield (shield) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (shield).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skelduz

Gloss

shield

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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