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Scild
/ʃild /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
Scild
, es; m. The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings. His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr. v. Scildingas.
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. I. add :-- Swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede oþþe rondbeáh on scilde, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 5. Ic wille ðurhgán orsorh ðone here mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde oððe mid hefegum helme oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12: Hml. S. 31, 114. II. add: defence :-- Hí sprǽcon wið þǽre treówleásnesse fore scylde (defensione) þǽre sóðfæstnesse, Gr. D. 246, 21.
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