Scild

According to the Old English Dictionary:

scild

I. add :-- Swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede oþþe rondbeáh on scilde, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 5. Ic wille ðurhgán orsorh ðone here mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde oððe mid hefegum helme oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12: Hml. S. 31, 114. II. add: defence :-- Hí sprǽcon wið þǽre treówleásnesse fore scylde (defensione) þǽre sóðfæstnesse, Gr. D. 246, 21. scild