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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Norse mythology) A female virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle..
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!
Use shieldmaiden when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shieldmaiden means (Norse mythology) A female virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle..
Common synonyms include shieldmaid, shield-maid, shieldmay, shield-may.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The shield-maiden (skölde-mö) was dedicated to Odin, and forbidden to wed; her love brought calamity.
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