PARA-354-Shield
Caretaker Status: Unknown
Affiliated companion(s): none
Level 1 - concrete
Word: Shield
Origin:
Old English scield, scild "shield; protector, defense," literally "board," from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (source also of Old Norse skjöldr, Old Saxon skild, Middle Dutch scilt, Dutch schild, German Schild, Gothic skildus), from *skel- "divide, split, separate," from PIE root *skel- (1) "to cut." Perhaps the notion is of a flat piece of wood made by splitting a log. Shield volcano (1911) translates German Schildvulkan (1910). Plate tectonics sense is from 1906, translating Suess (1888).
Definition:
A broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles.
Magic Status: 0 - Uninitiated
Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware