📚 noun • entry_id 50464
shieldmaiden
Meanings (ES + gloss)
doncella escudera
A female virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.
The Anglosaxon belief in the Shieldmaidens comes to us indeed in a darkened form, yet we can hardly doubt that it survived.
The shield-maiden (skölde-mö) was dedicated to Odin, and forbidden to wed; her love brought calamity.
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