Please say LN if this is like the (?) (sp) Tortuga - Turtle - that the Roman soldiers had
They raised their shields over their heads, and some held the shields to one side or the other
it was said to be a good defence against rocks being thrown upon them
But not proof against boinling oil - the appearance was certainly inmaginable as a squarish
sort of Turtle shape as it approached the fortification in attack mode 
 
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From: llama_nom
Date: 28/04/2009 13:33:32
Subject: [norse_course] Re: does any one no what a sheild wall(battle maneuver) is called in old norse. i think it is skjallborn
 
--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Schuyler Himberg" <schuylerhimberg@...> wrote:
>
> does any one no what a sheild wall(battle maneuver) is called in old
> norse. i think it is skjallborn but im not quite sure.
> himberg
 
It's <skjaldborg>. This is a compound word made out of two elements: <skjöldr> "shield" and <borg> "fortification" (related to the verb <bjarga> "to help, save").
 
LN
 
 
 
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