(a) A shield; sheld of devis, a shield bearing a heraldic device; (b) in phrases: sheld and banere (target), sheld ne targe, sheld or bokelere; sheld and (ne) spere, sheldes and speres, spere and (ne)……
(a) A group of soldiers or an army in fighting formation; a tight battle formation or phalanx; right-half sheltroun, the right wing of an army; (b) fig. of (a); (c) fighting, a battle; (d) a group of……
