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chield

chield

English

Alternative forms

chiel, childe

Noun

chield ‎(plural chields)

(Scotland) A man; a fellow, chap.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 196:
  Kinraddie fair seethed with the news next day, all about the attack on the Mill and how Rob had chased the childes that came up against him […].

Scots

Alternative forms

chiel, cheel

Etymology

Apparently a variant form of child.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃild/

Noun

chield ‎(plural chields)