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rand

  • noun [ masculine ]
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rand, es; m.
a brink, edge, margin, shore
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the word however is used generally of a shield, denoting the whole or part of it.
Denoting a part, the boss of a round shield, cf. rand-beáh and O. H. Ger. rant umbo. The word seems to have a different meaning in Icelandic : 'á fornum skjöldum var títt at skrifa rönd þá er baugr var kallaðr, ok er við þann baug skildir kenndir.' v. Cl. and Vig. s.v. baugr. Grein gives margo clypei as the meaning in the following passages, but
umbo suits the sense : see too Worsaaé s Primeval Antiquities of Denmark, pp. 31-2 : 51-3, where instances of early shields are given
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Denoting the whole, a shield, buckler [Icel. rönd a shield]
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v.  rand-beáh.
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