sceaduhelm

Old English

Etymology

From sċeadu (“shadow”) +‎ helm (“helmet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑ.duˌxelm/, [ˈʃæ͜ɑ.duˌheɫm]

Noun

sċeaduhelm m

1. (poetic) the cover of darkness

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sceadu-helm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.