scild

scild
m (-es/-as) 1. a shield, a piece of defensive armor; 2. 1 fig, a shield, protection, defense; 3. protector; 4. scield is used of a bird's back, part of a bird's plumage?
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  • scild — obs. f. shield …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scild — m ( es/ as) the name of the ancestor of the Danish kings …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • scild- — see scyld …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • i-scild — var. of i schield v. Obs …   Useful english dictionary

  • Shield — Shield, n. [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skj[ o]ldr, Sw. sk[ o]ld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Sheldrake}.] 1. A broad piece of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Shield fern — Shield Shield, n. [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skj[ o]ldr, Sw. sk[ o]ld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Sheldrake}.] 1. A broad… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wood fern — Shield Shield, n. [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skj[ o]ldr, Sw. sk[ o]ld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Sheldrake}.] 1. A broad… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sheilds — This is an English surname. Recorded in various spellings including Shield, Sheild, and the patronymics Sheilds and Shields this interesting name has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be an Anglo Saxon metonymic occupational name for… …   Surnames reference

  • ARMIGER — servus ex Virgilio aliisque satis notus: Formâ tum vertitur oris Antiquum in Butem, hic Dardanio Anchisae Armiger ante fuit. Aen. l. 9. v. 648. isque pretiosus, si Plinio credimus, de lusciniis loquenti, l. 10. c. 29. Ergo ser vorum illis pretia… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • ШИЛЛИНГ — (англ. shilling, нем. schilling, гол. shelling, сканд. skilling, итал. scellino, польск. szelag, от лат. solidus название византийской монеты, либо от нем. Scild, либо от англ. shield щит, изображавшийся на монетах) 1) счетно денежная единица… …   Экономический словарь

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