Tartsche

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(Anglais)

shield, targe

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand

Appartenant à ancien anglais

Appartenant à Middle Low German

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais

In summary

From Middle High German tartsche, from Old French targe, from Old Norse targa, from Proto-Germanic *targǭ. Compare cognate Old High German zarga, whence modern Zarge (“frame”), Old English targe, whereas Middle Low German tartze, tartzge and Middle Dutch tarche, tartse are also borrowings from Old French. In medieval use of infantry shields, by the 16th century also of equestrian shields; in the later 16th century becomes part of the technical vocabulary of jousting equipment (hence Stechtartsche, Gittertartsche, etc.).