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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
scheld
- inflection of schelden:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Middle English
- (Early ME) seeld, seald, sceld, scelde
- sheld, shild, schild, shelde, scheeld, sheeld, schelde, schylde, schielde, schilde, sseld
Etymology
From Old English sċield, sċeld, sċild, sċyld.
Pronunciation
Noun
scheld (plural scheldes)
- A shield (a plate of portable armour)
- An object that resembles a shield:
- (rare) A rough region around a boar's neck; the meat from this region.
- (rare) A escutcheon; a coat-of-arms.
- Any form of shielding or armament:
- (religion) Spiritual guarding or shielding.
- A refuge, hideout, or safehouse.
- (rare) Authority, power, influence.
- (rare) Heavy infantry; soldiers armed with shields.
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