Shieldmaiden

The shield-maiden (skölde-mö) was dedicated to Odin, and forbidden to wed; her love brought calamity.

The Anglosaxon belief in the Shieldmaidens comes to us indeed in a darkened form, yet we can hardly doubt that it survived.

Störkud rushed through the ranks with a drawn sword and killed one after another; he cut down Hjört; whereupon Visma, shieldmaiden, who carried the standard of Harald, met him.

There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North!