_Shield-wall_, the defence made by fighting men holding their shields
close together as they stand at bay.
_Shift_, n. a trick, cunning plan, e.g. "my cunning shifts;" n.
to contrive, be able, e.g. "the man whose heart and hand may shift,
To pluck it from the oak-wood."
_Shimmer_, to gleam and change colour as the light alters.
_Skerry_, a rocky island near the coast.
_Slaked_, cooled, put out; used of anything that has been burning and
is now grown cold.
_Sleight_, cunning, trickery. Loki is called "the Master of Sleight"
because of his skill in deceit.
_Sleipnir_, Odin's horse. It was grey, had eight feet, and could carry
him over sea and land, and could also fly through the air.
_Slot_, the track left by a wild animal.
_Sloth_, idleness.
_Smithy_, to do the work of a smith, forge weapons.
_Sooth_, truth.
_Sore_, very much. It is generally used about things which are evil or
painful, but sometimes only to give emphasis, e.g. "amber that the
southern men love sore."
_Spear-hedge_, the bristling spears of an army in battle; cf.
battle-wood, spear-wood.
_Spell-drenched_, stupefied or overwhelmed by magic.
_Sphere-stream_, the space beyond the air of this world, in which the
planets or spheres move on their courses.
_Stark_, stiff, hard, severe.
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