scheld

See also: Schëld

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

scheld

1. inflection of schelden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

PIE root
*(s)kelH-

Inherited from Old English sċield, sċeld, sċild, sċyld, from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz.

Alternative forms

• cheeld, chelde, scheeld, schelde, seeld, sheeld, sheld, shelde
• sceld, seald (Early Middle English); schield (East Anglia); sseld (Kent, Southwest Midland); sceild, scheild (Northern)
• schielde, schild, schilde, schylde, shild, shilde (especially Northern, North Midland or Southwestern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːld/

Noun

scheld (plural scheldes)

1. A shield (a plate of portable armour)
2. An object that resembles a shield:
   1. (rare) A rough area around a boar's neck or the meat from it.
   2. (rare) A escutcheon; a coat of arms.
3. Any form of shielding or armament:
   1. (religion) Spiritual guarding or shielding.
   2. A refuge, hideout, or safehouse.
4. (rare) Authority, power, or influence.
5. (rare) Heavy infantry; soldiers armed with shields.
6. (rare) The écu (historical French coin)

Related terms

• scheltroun
• schilden
• schildere
• schildynge

Descendants

• English: shield
• Middle Scots: scheld, scheild
  • Scots: shield, shiel

References

• “shẹ̄ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 July 2018.

Etymology 2

Adjective

scheld

1. (Suffolk) alternative form of schold

Etymology 3

Verb

scheld

1. (Early Scots) alternative form of schilden