Crossword-Solution: LDR 3 letters, 42 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 4

Hann er þā kollōttr ok hęldr ū-sælligr; hann kömr aptr ī Danmörk at pāskum, þangat sem konungr er þā staddr; en ei þorði hann at lāta sjā sik; ok var ī kirkju- skoti, ok ætlaði þā til fundar við konung, er hann gengi til kirkju um kveldit; ok nū er hann sā konunginn ok hirðina fagrliga būna, þā þorði hann eigi at lāta sjā sik.

The word _Skjöldr_ has from the beginning had, or has in the lapse of past ages acquired, the meaning "the protecting one," "the shielding one," and as such it was applied to the common defensive armour, the shield.

The old scale of precedence was Konungr, Jarl, Hersir (the baron of Normandy and Norman England), Höldr (yeoman), and Búandi or Bóndi, = Germ.

Footnote 569: In the Orkneyinga Saga, Airergaidhel, or at least that part of it formerly known as Dalriada, appears under the name of Dali or the Dales, and we are told that Sumarlidi Höldr had possessions in Dali, and that he and his sons were called the Dalveria aett, or the family of the people of Dali.