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
Kanji
盾
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armshield English
- beshield English
- dayshield English
- enshield English
- eyeshield English
- forceshield English
- gumshield English
- gunshield English
- headshield English
- heatshield English
- lockshield English
- roundshield English
- sheltron English
- shield English
- shield-toad English
- shieldable English
- shieldback English
- shieldbearer English
- shielder English
- shieldless English
- shieldlike English
- shieldmaiden English
- shieldmaker English
- shieldman English
- shieldsman English
- shieldsmith English
- shieldtail English
- shieldwise English
- shieldwright English
- tailshield English
- windshield English
- *(s)keit- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)keyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *skelduz Proto-Germanic
- シールド Japanese
- dægsceald Old English
- scield Old English
- scieldburg Old English
- scieldweall Old English
- scildan Old English
- scildtruma Old English
- sċield Old English
- scheltroun Middle English
- schilde Middle English
- schilder Middle English
- schildyng Middle English
- schylde Middle English
- shelden Middle English
- trome Middle English
- skjǫldr Old Norse
- 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *skeldu gmw-pro
- *skuldru gmw-pro
- skilt Old Dutch
- schilt Middle Low German
- skild Old Saxon
- skyld Western Frisian