1) Character in Beowulf 
Old English Scylding (plural Scyldingas) and Old Norse Skjöldung (plural Skjöldungar), meaning in both languages `People of Scyld/Skjöld` refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes and sometimes to their people. The name is explained in many texts by the descent of this family from an eponymous king Scyld/Skjöld. But the title is.....