sköld

Swedish

Alternative forms

• skjöld, skiöld (archaic, in surnames)

Etymology

From Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“shield, cover”). Compare Danish and Norwegian skjold, Icelandic skjöldur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧœld/

• Audio:

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Noun

sköld c

1. a shield (armor)

Declension

Declension of sköld
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sköld	skölden	sköldar	sköldarna
Genitive	skölds	sköldens	sköldars	sköldarnas

Derived terms

• Gripenskiöld
• Hammarskjöld
• märkessköld
• sköldborg
• sköldbrosk
• sköldbuckla
• sköldebrev
• sköldemärke
• sköldkörtel
• sköldlus
• sköldmärke
• sköldmö
• sköldpadd
• sköldpadda
• vapensköld

Related terms

• skylt

References

• sköld in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• kölds