Word pronounciation!

[Nighthawk]

I've jist googled the word 'tarje' from Norwegian and Danish...

I have the sound of the word, but not the literal meaning.

The short round shield was also called a buckler.

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Bucklers were a small round shield, as well, but they were typically all-metal construction. A buckler looks essentially like this:



A targe looks like this:



It's wood covered with leather.

And speaking of pronounciation problems- it took me almost a year to actually meet someone with the name Donnachaidh so I could find out how that one was pronounced!! She and I have since become good friends. I'm making a wood and leather camp stool for my Donnachaidh friend at the moment!