• Shild

    Origin

    From Middle English shild, schuld, from Old English scyld ("guilt, sin, crime, offence, fault, debt, due, obligation, liability"), from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz ("guilt, obligation"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- ("to be guilty, be obligated, owe"). Cognate with Scots sculd ("debt"), North Frisian schild ("debt, guilt, fault"), West Frisian skuld ("debt, guilt, fault"), Dutch schuld ("debt, fault, guilt"), German Schuld ("debt, guilt, fault"), Swedish skuld ("debt, guilt, blame"), Norwegian skyld ("guilt"), Icelandic skuld ("debt"), Lithuanian kaltÄ— ("guilt").

    Full definition of shild

    Noun

    shild

    (plural shilds)
    1. (obsolete) Debt; fault; guilt.

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