scieldweall
Old English
noun
Definitions
- shield wall
Etymology
Compound from Old English sċield (shield) + Old English weall (wall, dike, rampart, rocky shore, earthwork, dam, cliff).
Origin
Old English
weall
Gloss
wall, dike, rampart, rocky shore, earthwork, dam, cliff
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
崖
Emoji
📌 📍 🧱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Walton English
- vallum Latin
- *skelduz Proto-Germanic
- *wallaz Proto-Germanic
- *wallaz, *wallą Proto-Germanic
- dægsceald Old English
- grundweall Old English
- scieldburg Old English
- sċield Old English
- weall Old English
- scheld Middle English
- wall Middle English
- gwal Welsh
- wal Welsh
- wa Scots