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scild-hreóða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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scild-hreóða, -hréða, an ; m.
Shield-covering,
a shield, buckler:
— Scinon scyldhreóðan,
    Cd. Th. 184, 26 ; Exod. 113.
the arrangement of shields as in the scild-burh, q. v.
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  • Scyldréðan

    testudine

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 31.
  • Sumum wíges spéd giefeþ æt gúþe, ðonne gárgetrum ofer scildhreádan (-hreoðan?) sceótend sendaþ (cf. the passage under scild-weall). Exon. Th. 42, 19; Cri. 675. v. bord-hreóða, and cf. hréðan

    melote

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 63.
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v.  scild-réða.
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  • scild-hreóða, n.