scildan

• sċieldan, sċeldan, sċeoldan

From Proto-Germanic *skildijaną, derived from *skelduz, whence Old English sċield (“shield”). Sċildan is the inherited form of the verb; the alternative form sċieldan has its ie leveled in from the noun.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃil.dɑn/, [ˈʃiɫ.dɑn]

sċildan

1. to protect (from something = wiþ + accusative)
2. to protect (from something = wiþ + dative)
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     ...;sē ūs ġescylt wið eallum yfellum.

     ...;He shieldeth us against every evil.

3. to shield

• ġesċildan (“to protect”)
• ġesċildnes (“protection”)
• sċildend (“protector”)

• English: shield