skjöldur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keit-, *(s)keid-, *kheit- (“shield, cover”). Compare Faroese skjøldur, Danish and Norwegian skjold, Swedish sköld.

Pronunciation

Noun

skjöldur m (genitive singular skjaldar, nominative plural skildir)

  1. shield (handheld piece of armor)
  2. shield (anything which protects or defends)

Declension

Declension of skjöldur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skjöldur skjöldurinn skildir skildirnir
accusative skjöld skjöldinn skildi, skjöldu1 skildina
dative skildi skildinum skjöldum skjöldunum
genitive skjaldar skjaldarins skjalda skjaldanna

1Archaic or literary.

In certain phrases such as koma í opna skjöldu, ganga fram fyrir skjöldu, and stíga fram fyrir skjöldu, an archaic plural accusative form skjöldu still survives.

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