Hi

Sorry for the intrussion, but this is the first question that I can reply.

The shield wall is made overlaping the shields in front of the warriors at the height of the torso, the roman shields where rectangles, so it´s easier to form a "wall" and a "roof".

I have a friend that is in a group like the SCA, if you like I can ask him about historical sources.


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--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patti (Wilson)" <originalpatricia@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: llama_nom
> Date: 28/04/2009 13:33:32
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> 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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