scield

• sċeld, sċild, sċyld

From Proto-Germanic *skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keit-, *(s)keid-, *kheit- (“shield, cover”). Cognate with Old Frisian skeld (West Frisian skyld), Old Saxon scild (Low German Schild), Dutch schild, Old High German scild (German Schild), Old Norse skjǫldr, (Danish skjold, Swedish sköld), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skildus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiyld/

sċield m

1. (West Saxon) shield, protector
2. (West Saxon) protection, defense

• sċieldan (“to protect, shield, guard, defend, defend oneself”)
• sċieldod (“furnished with shields”)

• bōcsċyld m (“beech-wood shield”)
• bōhsċyld m (“shoulder shield”)
• pleġsċyld m (“play-shield, small shield”)
• sċyldhata, sċyldhete m (“enemy”)

• Middle English: scheld, sheld, shild, shelde
  • Scots: scheld, scheild
  • English: shield

1. 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", scield et al.