scield

== Old English == === Alternative forms === sċeld — Anglian, Kentish sċild — Early West Saxon sċyld — Late West Saxon === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *skelduz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃi͜yld/, [ʃi͜yɫd] Rhymes: -i͜yld === Noun === sċield m (Early West Saxon) shield Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Synonyms: bord, campwudu, gūþbord, rand (all poetic) protection ==== Declension ==== Strong u-stem/a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== sċieldweall (“shield wall”) sċildan (“to protect”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: scheldEnglish: shieldMiddle Scots: scheld, scheildScots: shield, shiel === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “scield”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan