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- noun Scandinavian mythology A
virgin who had chosen to fight as awarrior inbattle .
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Examples
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The feisty shieldmaiden from Rohan who kills the Witch-King of Angmar, the Ringwraith whom noman can kill.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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The feisty shieldmaiden from Rohan who kills the Witch-King of Angmar, the Ringwraith whom noman can kill.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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Now before any of you Rumsfeldians get all indignant, in no way am I suggesting that Rumsfeld is like the Witch-king of Angmar; and neither am I suggesting that Nancy Pelosi is like Eowyn, the brave shieldmaiden of Rohan.
Shieldmaiden Pelosi Slays Witch-king Rumsfeld RICHARD 2006
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The feisty shieldmaiden from Rohan who kills the Witch-King of Angmar, the Ringwraith whom noman can kill.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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We get so hung up on Eowyn as shieldmaiden and her unrequited love for Aragorn sometimes and the lack of time for Arwen seems to highlite this.
Are there female orcs? or: What counts as women's work in Middle Earth? Emma Goldman 2005
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I will be a shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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AlmostNotYoung 19 July 2011 12:24PM shieldmaiden 19 July 2011 12:24PM
The Guardian World News John Self 2011
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THE MAJORITY WANT TAYLOR LAUTNER AS JACOB!!!!!!!!!! shieldmaiden Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 06: 29 PM EST
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‘But am I not of the House of Eorl, a shieldmaiden and not a dry-nurse?
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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‘And would you have your proud folk say of you: “There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North!
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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