Old English · proper noun
Scyld
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ʃyld/[ʃyɫd]
- Syllables
- ʃyld (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- scyld
Meaning
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Scyld, the legendary ancestor of the Danish royal lineage known as the Scyldings.
oꝼꞇ ꞅcẏlꝺ ꞅceꝼınᵹ ꞅceaþen[a] þꞃeaꞇum moneᵹū mæᵹþum meoꝺo ꞅeꞇla oꝼ ꞇeah eᵹꞅoꝺe eoꞃl sẏððan æꞃeꞅꞇ ƿeaꞃð ꝼea ꞅceaꝼꞇ ꝼunꝺen
Oft did Scyld the son of Scéf tear the mead-thrones away from the hosts of his foes, from many tribes; the earl terrified them, after he first was found an out-cast.
c. 1000, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV), page 132r, lines 4–6:
Etymology
sċield (“shield”). Cognate with Old Norse Skjǫldr.
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