scild-burh
- noun [ feminine ]
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Wearð scyldburh tóbrocen,
- Byrht. Th. 138, 56 : By. 242.
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Hæleþ higerófe scildburh scǽron,
- Judth. Thw. 26, 2 ; Jud. 305.
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Sóðfæste men in heora fæder ríce scínaþ in sceldbyrig (
heaven
),- Cd. Th. 283, 23; Sat. 309.
- Grimm would translate the word here by 'aula clypeis tecta,' and compares it with the description of Valhalla in the Edda, 'skjöldum þökt, lagt gyltum skjöldum, svá sem spánþak,' D. M. 662.
Bosworth, Joseph. “scild-burh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26775.
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