Skjöldr
KING OF THE DANES
Scyld; Scjold; Skiöldr; Skjöld; Skioldus; Skyoldus; Shield Sheafson; Skjoldr; Skjoeld; Skjoeldr; Skioldr; Skioeldr; Scyld Scefing; Skjöldur; King Skjold; Sceldwa; Sceldwea
Skjöldr (Latinized as Skioldus, sometimes Anglicized as Skjold or Skiold) was among the first legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, in Ynglinga saga, in Chronicon Lethrense, in Sven Aggesen's history, in Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin abstract of the lost Skjöldunga saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.