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Old English · verb

scildan

Normalised sċildan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈʃil.dɑn/
[ˈʃiɫ.dɑn]
Syllables
ˈʃil · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
wi

Meaning

  1. to protect (from something = wiþ + accusative)

  2. to protect (from something = wiþ + dative)

    ...;sē ūs ġescylt wið eallum yfellum....;He shieldeth us against every evil.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

  3. to shield

Conjugation

Conjugation of scildan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sċildesċilde
2nd singular sċildestsċilstsċiltstsċildest
3rd singular sċildeþsċiltsċilde
Plural sċildaþsċildon
Subjunctive
Singular sċildesċilde
Plural sċildensċilden
Non-finite forms of scildan
Form
Infinitive sċildan
Inflected infinitive sċildenne
Imperative singular sċild
Imperative plural sċildaþ
Present participle sċildende
Past participle sċildedġesċilded

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skildijaną, derived from *skelduz, whence Old English sċield (“shield”). Sċildan is the inherited form of the verb; the alternative form sċieldan has its ie leveled in from the noun.

Descendants

shield

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