
Originally Posted by
Donnachaidh
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.
G
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!
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