The shield-maiden (skölde-mö) was dedicated to Odin, and forbidden to wed; her love brought calamity.
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Shieldmaiden
Synonyms for "shieldmaiden" (4 found)
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15 translations across 14 languages.
Danish
1 entries- skjoldmø noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Dutch
1 entries- schildmaagd noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Finnish
2 entries- aseneito noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
- kilpineito noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
German
1 entries- Schildmaid noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Icelandic
1 entries- skjaldmær noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Italian
1 entries- fanciulla scudiera noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Lithuanain
1 entries- skydo mergelė noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skjoldmøy noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skjoldmøy noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Old Norse
1 entries- skjaldmær noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Polish
1 entries- tarczowniczka noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Portuguese
1 entries- donzela escudeira noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Spanish
1 entries- doncella escudera noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Swedish
1 entries- sköldmö noun (Norse female virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The Anglosaxon belief in the Shieldmaidens comes to us indeed in a darkened form, yet we can hardly doubt that it survived.
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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.
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There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North!
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