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shieldmay Teut. Myth.|ˈʃiːldmeɪ|
[f. shield n.1 + may n.1, after ON. skjaldmǽ-r.]
A maiden warrior, an Amazon. (By some Eng. writers used as equivalent to Valkyrie.)
1849Kemble Sax. Eng. i. xii. I. 393 The Wælcyrian or Shieldmays were the choosers of the slain. 1870Morris Story of Volsungs xxiv. Brynhild answered, ‘..I am a shield-may, and wear helm on head even as the kings of war’. |