Ge-scildnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-scyldnes, -scildness, e;

ge-scildnes

f. Protection, defence, shielding; tuitio, tutamen, tutela, defensio :-- Þurh his gescildnisse synd ða fýnd on ðínum handum oferwunnene through his protection are the enemies overcome in thy hands, Gen. 14, 20: Homl. Th. ii. 140, 27. For heora gescyldnysse ob eorum defensionem, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 4: 2, 5; S. 506, 30. Gescyldnysse protectionem, Ps, Spl. 17, 37. Giscildniss protectio, tuitio, defensio, Rtl. 17, 9: 62, 8: 145, 30. ge-scildnes