scildhréoða

scildhréoða
m (-n/-n) shield covering, (1) shield, buckler; (2) the arrangement of shields as in the scildburg; in milit. lang. a tortoise, i.e. a covering, shed, shelter so called formed of the shields of the soldiers held over their heads [testudo], phalanx

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